Five-Year-Old Hit by Police Car in Saint-Denis
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A boy hit a car in Saint-Denis, France. He is five years old. The car was a police car. The police were going to an intervention. This means they were going fast to help with a problem.
The car hit the boy. He fell down. People called for help. Doctors took the boy to the hospital. A hospital is a place for sick or hurt people.
Doctors checked the boy. He has a broken clavicle. This is a bone near the neck and shoulder. The boy is hurt, but he is alive.
The police are now looking at what happened. This is called an investigation. It means people ask questions to find the truth.
The city of Saint-Denis is near Paris, France. Many people live there. This news made people worried about the boy.
Vocabulary15 words
- police
- people who keep us safe and stop bad things
- intervention
- when someone goes fast to help or stop a problem
- hospital
- a place where doctors help sick or hurt people
- clavicle
- a bone between your neck and shoulder
- investigation
- when people ask questions to find out what happened
- fracture
- when a bone breaks
- renversé
- French word meaning knocked down
- boy
- a young male child
- hurt
- when your body has pain or damage
- help
- to do something good for someone
- problem
- something bad that needs fixing
- worried
- feeling not calm because something bad happened
- France
- a country in Europe
- city
- a big town with many people
- news
- information about new events
Quiz
Answer key
1. Five years old 2. A police car 3. A broken clavicle
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A boy hit a car in Saint-Denis, France. He is _____ years old. The car was a _____ car. The police were going to an _____.
The car hit the boy. He fell down. People called for help. Doctors took the boy to the _____.
Doctors checked the boy. He has a broken _____. This is a bone near the neck and shoulder.
The police are now looking at what happened. This is called an _____.
The city of Saint-Denis is near _____, France.