LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln Police say a 13-year-old girl was hit by a truck and died while trying to cross the street on Saturday night.

The incident happened along West O Street around 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

The girl was walking with two friends when she was hit by a pickup truck headed east.

Lincoln school officials said the girl was Taylor Miller, who was an eighth-grader at Irving Middle School.

Irving Principal Jason Shanahan says crisis counselors will be at the school on Monday.

Police have not released the truck driver’s name.

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