4-Year-Old Tioga County Girl Killed After Being Hit By Car

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A four-year-old Tioga County girl was struck and killed by a car as she was riding her tricycle.

Joanna VanOstrand was riding her tricycle in her Old Barton Road driveway when she entered the road directly in the path of a car. The driver, 77-year-old Gloria Phillips, of Barton, was unable to avoid hitting the tricycle. VanOstrand was pronounced dead at the scene.

State Police are continuing to investigate the Tuesday afternoon incident.

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