GOSHEN, IN - A 15-year-old bicyclist was taken to the hospital after being hit by a vehicle in Goshen Friday evening, reports WBND.
The incident occurred shortly after 7 p.m. on State Road 13 north of County Road 36. According to the Elkhart County Sheriff's Office, the boy was riding his bicycle east in a driveway when he entered the roadway in the southbound lanes of SR-13.
The rider failed to yield to southbound traffic, investigators said, and collided with the passenger's side door of a 2024 GMC Sierra that was going south.
The boy, a Goshen resident, was transported to South Bend Memorial Hospital with possible lower extremity injuries. He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
The Sierra driver, a 57-year-old man from Cromwell, was wearing his seat belt and was not injured. The sheriff's office said nobody was cited in the incident.
Further updates will be provided by our Indianapolis car accident lawyer as more information becomes available regarding the incident.
