GIRL UNDERGOES SURGERY AFTER ACCIDENT

When emergency medical personnel packed 10-year-old Melissa L. Robinson into an awaiting ambulance Monday afternoon, she looked to be upset, but not badly injured.

Robinson has been struck by a vehicle while crossing the street in front of her house at 74 Sheridan Drive.

Even at the hospital, the girl was responsive to doctors treating her in the emergency room.

But then she began to fade in and out of consciousness.

"They did a CAT scan on her right away," said Pamela Robinson, the girl's mother. "That's when they found the fracture."

Upon impact, Melissa Robinson was thrown about 10 feet by the force of the moving vehicle. When she landed, she incurred a hairline fracture in her skull, which caused massive hemorrhaging around the brain.

"She was in surgery for about six hours," her mother said. "The doctors had to drill a hole in her skull to relieve the pressure on her brain."

"But the doctors say she's going to be fine," she added. "She's going to be in intensive care for a few days, but we have high hopes."