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4 year old killed on tricycle
Posted: 07.22.2012 at 9:39 PM
Updated: 07.23.2012 at 10:00 AM
Marc Schollett

Edward R. Murrow Award winning journalist Marc Schollett can be seen co-anchoring 7 & 4 News at 5,6 and 11 weekdays.

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LEELANAU CO. -- A four year old boy was killed Sunday morning when he was hit by a van while riding a tricycle.

The boy and his grandmother were on the northbound shoulder of Lakeshore Drive in Centerville Township when a northbound van, driven by a 62-year-old woman hit the boy.

The victims was four-year-old Gavin Punter of Allendale. He was pronouced dead at the scene. The driver of the van, Gertrude Shorter, was not injured. The grandmother, Margaret Punter was also not injured.

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