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A teenage girl was rushed to hospital with serious head and leg injuries Sunday morning after she exited a parked truck and walked directly in front of a moving vehicle in the city’s northeast.

Police say the teen was taken to hospital shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday with a broken femur, jaw and head injuries after she was hit in the 7000 block of Temple Drive N.E.

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Sgt. Joerg Gottschling with the traffic section said investigators believe the incident happened after a man parked a white pickup truck.

“The female got out, walked behind the truck, then walked out from between parked cars — the truck and the one behind it — directly out into the path of the brown Hyundai being driven by a 35-year-old man,” he said.

Police closed Temple Drive between 55th Street and 58th Street N.E. for more than two hours as they investigated the incident.

Pieces of the 17-year-old’s jewelry could be seen on the street.

While police initially believed the teenager’s injuries were life-threatening, EMS spokesman Stuart Brideaux said the victim was taken to hospital in serious but stable condition.