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Young child in car when driver shot, crashes car

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A young child was hurt when the car they were in crashed and flipped onto its roof after the driver was shot.

The shooting happened around 2:30pm Tuesday on Wick Street in Buffalo. After being struck by gunfire, the 20-year-old man lost control of his car. The crash flipped his vehicle onto its roof.

The man was taken to ECMC, where he was originally listed in critical condition. His condition has since been upgraded to fair condition.

A young child was in the car at the time of the shooting and crash. The child was taken to Women and Children’s Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.