(CNN) An Iowa woman was charged with attempted murder after running over a 14-year-old girl, saying she did so because the teenager "was a Mexican," police said.

Nicole Marie Poole Franklin of Des Moines was charged with attempted murder.

Nicole Marie Poole Franklin, 42, was arrested on other charges and Thursday admitted to Clive police she hit the girl with her vehicle on December 9, according to a news release from the Clive Police Department . Clive is about 9 miles from Des Moines.

The girl was walking to Indian Hills Junior High when a vehicle drove onto the sidewalk, ran over her and left the scene, the release said.

"I don't remember the impact, I just remember the car coming toward me," the girl told CNN affiliate KCCI-TV . She added that she had been going to a basketball game. "I didn't do anything, I'm just a girl just walking to a basketball game."

Officials say the girl was able to return to school one week after the incident, according to CNN affiliate WOI-TV . CNN is not naming the girl because she is a minor.

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