15-year-old girl struck by a car after playing the mobile app game

Autumn Deiseroth says "Pokemon Go" took her across a busy roadway Tuesday to capture Pokemon at a museum.She had to cross Ross Street in Tarentum, a four-lane road.VIDEO: Watch Sheldon Ingram's reportAfter capturing Pokemon, she returned back across the street and was hit by a car turning onto Ross St from E. Ninth Ave.She blames the game for taking her into an area she would never venture otherwise."To where it is set up, we have to cross roads to go get it. I do, blame it" Deiseroth said.She suffered only minor injuries and was released from Children's hospital Wednesday afternoon.However, her mother agrees the game can put people in harmful conditions."Kids don't just cross the highway for no reason," said Tracy Nolan, Deiseroth's mother. "This thing had her crossing the highway to chase a Pokemon."Nolan says the game caused her daughter to act out of character"When she called and said she got hit by a car, I blamed the game because she would not have been out of the house. My daughter is a hermit," Nolan said.Pennsylvania state police issued a warning to the public that "Pokemon Go" can cause injuries.The warning also addressed non-users of the game who drive, saying they should be aware of people not paying attention while playing the game.Get the WTAE Pittsburgh's Action News 4 App

Autumn Deiseroth says "Pokemon Go" took her across a busy roadway Tuesday to capture Pokemon at a museum.

She had to cross Ross Street in Tarentum, a four-lane road.


VIDEO: Watch Sheldon Ingram's report

After capturing Pokemon, she returned back across the street and was hit by a car turning onto Ross St from E. Ninth Ave.

She blames the game for taking her into an area she would never venture otherwise.



"To where it is set up, we have to cross roads to go get it. I do, blame it" Deiseroth said.

She suffered only minor injuries and was released from Children's hospital Wednesday afternoon.

However, her mother agrees the game can put people in harmful conditions.

"Kids don't just cross the highway for no reason," said Tracy Nolan, Deiseroth's mother.

"This thing had her crossing the highway to chase a Pokemon."

Nolan says the game caused her daughter to act out of character



"When she called and said she got hit by a car, I blamed the game because she would not have been out of the house. My daughter is a hermit," Nolan said.

Pennsylvania state police issued a warning to the public that "Pokemon Go" can cause injuries.

The warning also addressed non-users of the game who drive, saying they should be aware of people not paying attention while playing the game.



