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Glencrest student dies from injuries suffered after being struck by car on street

A Fort Worth teen has died after being struck by a car on a street earlier this week, Fort Worth police said.
A Fort Worth teen has died after being struck by a car on a street earlier this week, Fort Worth police said.

A sixth grader at Glencrest 6th Grade School has died from injuries he suffered when he was hit by a car on Monday evening, police and a school official said Thursday.

Juan Pardo, 13, died at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday at Cook Children’s Medical Center, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s website. A ruling on his death is pending an autopsy.

Fort Worth police responded to the accident about 7:30 p.m. Monday in the 5400 block of Nell St.

Pardo was struck by a black Mercedes Benz about two blocks from his home, investigators said. The driver stopped immediately after hitting the teen and remained on the scene until police arrived.

Authorities did not release any other details on the accident.

No arrests or charges are expected in the case, police said Thursday.

This story was originally published February 28, 2019 at 1:25 PM with the headline "Glencrest student dies from injuries suffered after being struck by car on street."

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Domingo Ramirez Jr. was a breaking news reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and spent more than 35 years in journalism.
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