The girl identified as a 12 year old and her friend were walking to the Ladera Vista Junior High School, located on Annin and Wilshire when the accident occurred, shortly before 8:00 a.m.
According to the friend’s mother Kathi Niehaus the girl stepped onto the street in order to keep from being hit by a sprinkler near the sidewalk. This is when the 12 year old girl was struck by a white Infinity SUV.
According to reports the girl was not seriously injured in the Fullerton SUV accident, and had her ankle splinted at the scene and was then taken to the hospital.


