Teenager killed after car hits bus stop in Huddersfield

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A teenage girl has died after a car crashed into a bus stop in Huddersfield.

Katelyn Dawson was one of three pedestrians hit by the car on Wakefield Road on Wednesday 10 January at 08:15am.

The 15-year-old was taken by air ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary, where she later died.

A 17-year-old girl and a 47-year-old woman, remained in hospital. The woman's injuries are described as "life-threatening".

The driver of the car, a 51-year-old man, was also taken to hospital with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.

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