12-year-old Kan. girl dies after hit by police car

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Investigators say a 12-year-old girl who died after she was hit by a police car ran in front of the car at a south Wichita intersection.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says the officer was responding to a burglary when the accident occurred Sunday.

Deputy Chief Nelson Mosley said the girl and her 14-year-old cousin ran into the street. Witnesses said the 14-year-old stopped on the median and told her cousin to also stop, but the 12-year-old ran into the patrol car’s path.

The Wichita Eagle reports Mosley would not say how fast investigators think the patrol car was going at the time.

Police say investigators are trying to determine if the officer’s view was obstructed by an SUV that was in the lane next to him.