Two Hudson girls were injured but lucky to be alive after losing a game of "chicken" with an SUV at a slumber party over the weekend, a state trooper said Tuesday.
The girls, age 13 and 14, were attending a slumber party Friday night at a house along state Highway 103 west of Hudson when they decided to lie in the road, Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Ramey Bass said. Just before 9 p.m., a dark-colored SUV with chrome wheels passed, running over both girls. The driver didn't stop, Bass said. The area was fairly dark, the only lights coming from a church next door to the party.
State police are withholding the girls' names because they are juveniles.
The girls remained in Lufkin hospitals Tuesday, one suffering internal injuries, the other having a broken collarbone and several lost teeth, Bass said. Updated information on the girls' conditions was not available.
One family member of the girl who suffered the broken collarbone said her injuries were even more extensive.
The two were the first girls to play the game, lying along the center stripe on Highway 103, according to another family member, who asked not to be identified.
"It sounds scary," she said.
Her concern was that children were copying the stunts and dangerous behavior seen in movies like "Thirteen" and "The Program," shown in theaters in the last few years.
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The girls, age 13 and 14, were attending a slumber party Friday night at a house along state Highway 103 west of Hudson when they decided to lie in the road, Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Ramey Bass said. Just before 9 p.m., a dark-colored SUV with chrome wheels passed, running over both girls. The driver didn't stop, Bass said. The area was fairly dark, the only lights coming from a church next door to the party.
State police are withholding the girls' names because they are juveniles.
The girls remained in Lufkin hospitals Tuesday, one suffering internal injuries, the other having a broken collarbone and several lost teeth, Bass said. Updated information on the girls' conditions was not available.
One family member of the girl who suffered the broken collarbone said her injuries were even more extensive.
The two were the first girls to play the game, lying along the center stripe on Highway 103, according to another family member, who asked not to be identified.
"It sounds scary," she said.
Her concern was that children were copying the stunts and dangerous behavior seen in movies like "Thirteen" and "The Program," shown in theaters in the last few years.
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