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Hillsboro Student Injured in Car Accident


A Hillsboro High School Student was injured in an automobile accident Sunday morning west of Fillmore.

Katie Schaake was taken by ambulance to Hillsboro Area Hospital, and was then transferred to St. John's Hospital in Springfield. Schaake's car rolled over at 6:40 a.m. Sunday just south of the intersection of Fillmore Trail and North 9th Avenue.

Nine members of the Fillmore Fire Department responded to the scene and were back in service by 7:09 a.m. According to the Journal-News in Hillsboro, the accident occurred after the School's Post Prom event, which is an annual supervised and substance-free event that follows the spring dance.

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