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Child Struck, Killed Near Clarkton

No charges will be filed after a toddler was struck and killed near Clarkton Monday.

Sgt. K. McVicker of the Highway Patrol said the two-year-old ran into traffic on Mercer Mill Road around 2:53 p.m. The child went into the path of a southbound automobile.

Neither speed, alcohol nor drugs played a role in the death, McVicker said. The assistant district attorney is not pursuing charges.