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Ritterhude (dpa / lni) - An eight-year-old girl was critically injured when she fell on a bicycle in Ritterhude near Bremen.

The elementary school student did not have a bicycle helmet, as the police announced on Friday.

She skidded her bike on a sloping road early Thursday evening and fell badly.

According to initial findings, there were no other parties involved in the accident.

The injured girl was taken to a hospital.

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