Hit-and-run driver kills 3 California girls, injures a fourth; officials searching for driver
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Three girls were killed and a fourth is in critical condition after a hit-and-run driver struck the group, two of whom were in wheelchairs, as they walked along a rural San Bernardino County road Saturday night, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP).
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