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Boy Struck, Killed Outside Richland 1 School
The Watkins-Nance first-grader was pronounced dead at the hospital.

A Watkins-Nance Elementary student, identified by Richland One spokeswoman Karen York as a 7-year-old first-grader, was struck and killed by a pickup truck around 3 p.m. Wednesday outside the school.
There was no sign that the truck was speeding, according to a report in The State. The boy was last seen standing with a group of students on the sidewalk.
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