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Girl hurt in Providence hit-run accident ID'd

05:05 PM EDT on Tuesday, October 14, 2008

projo.com staff

PROVIDENCE -- City police have identified the 12-year-old girl who was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver Sunday night as Tatiana McKinney of 841 Atwells Ave., Providence.

She remains in critical condition today in the intensive-care unit in Rhode Island Hospital, according to police.

The alleged driver, Juan D. Aguirre, 67, of 7 Brook St., North Providence, has been charged with one felony count of leaving the scene of an accident, serious bodily injury resulting.

A tearful Aguirre was arraigned this morning in District Dourt and released on $5,000 bail with surety.

Police said Tatiana tried to cross Atwells Avenue at 11 p.m. Sunday when a car struck her and drove away.

A witness was able to provide the police with a description of the car, and Aguirre was arrested yesterday at his North Providence apartment after the police received a tip who recognized the vehicle's description.