Boy Riding Bicycle Hit and Seriously Injured by Car in Elk Grove

12-Year-Old Boy Hospitalized After Elk Grove Bicycle Crash at Laguna Boulevard and Bruceville Road

Boy Riding Bicycle Hit and Seriously Injured by Car in Elk Grove

Elk Grove, California: A 12-year-old boy was seriously injured after being hit by a car while riding a bicycle earlier this week at an intersection in Elk Grove, the Elk Grove Police Department said.

Emergency personnel responded to the intersection of Laguna Boulevard and Bruceville Road after receiving reports of the collision at around 1:35 p.m.

The responders found a boy with serious injuries sustained in a crash with a car. The boy was taken to a hospital for treatment of his injuries.

Police established that the juvenile was riding his bicycle eastbound on the fifth lane shoulder area on Laguna Boulevard when he entered the intersection against a red light.

A car traveling in the second lane on northbound Bruceville Road collided with the cyclist. Police said the bicycle broadsided the car along the driver’s side.

The boy was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.

The driver of the car stopped and remained at the scene.