Young child hospitalized after being hit by car on Shawmut Avenue

A young child has been taken to the hospital after being hit by a car in Boston on Tuesday.

Boston police officers responded to a report of a young child hit by a motor vehicle on Shawmut Avenue around 5:36 p.m.

The child was taken to a local hospital.

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