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A boy in Racine, Wisconsin was struck by a motorcycle during in an Independence Day parade.

Sgt. John Scharping says Xavier Griffin, of West Carrollton, Ohio, was not seriously injured. Paramedics did not take him to the hospital.

Police reports say that after the parade, with hundreds still in the area, a 36-year-old Racine man on a 2005 Harley-Davidson Sportster hit a curb and was thrown from the bike. It continued onto a sidewalk where the boy was struck.

The man then allegedly fled, but was apprehended by onlookers.

Wow, those 4th of July parades are becoming dangerous.