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15-year-old motorized bicyclist seriously injured after crash with motor vehicle in Somerset

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A teenager was rushed to the hospital due to injuries sustained in a crash on Monday afternoon.

According to Somerset Police, shortly after 4:00 p.m., Somerset PD responded to the intersection of Riverside Avenue and Buffinton Street for a crash involving a motor vehicle and a motorized bicycle.

The operator of the bicycle, a 15-year-old Berkley resident was transported to Hasbro Childrens Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Preliminary investigation has revealed that the bicycle’s operator was traveling east on Buffinton Street and failed to stop at the stop sign thereby striking a car traveling south on Riverside Avenue. The vehicle operator, a 56-year-old Somerset man, did not complain of injury and no charges are being filed against him.

The crash is being investigated by Patrolman Eli Fishbein.

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  1. Joanne Szala

    May 8, 2023 at 8:37 pm

    Kids riding on the roads with motorized bikes….parents what were you thinking? Hope he recoverys quickly.

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