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UPDATE: 2 kids ejected from car, taken to hospital with serious injuries

Two kids were ejected from a car in front of a south Fulton County middle school.
Two kids were ejected from a car in front of a south Fulton County middle school.
By Raisa Habersham
Feb 3, 2018

Two children were ejected from a car Friday and taken to Grady Memorial Hospital with life-threatening injuries, Fulton County police said.

Authorities were called to Sandtown Middle School just after 4:10 p.m. and found the two children, Fulton police Det. Partrena Smith said.

Police are not sure if the children attended the Campbellton Road middle school.

Investigators are still determining what caused the children to be ejected, Smith said.

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