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