GREENFIELD — Two children riding together on a bicycle struck a moving vehicle late Wednesday night and were taken to Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, one with serious injuries.
The two boys — ages 11 and 14 — are brothers, their mother, Stephanie Bear, said. While one of her boys has since been discharged from the hospital, the youngest of the two was still in the intensive care unit at Riley Hospital where he was listed in stable condition at print time, Bear told the Daily Reporter.
Officials from the Greenfield Fire Territory and Greenfield Police Department were called to the 100 block of Pratt Street around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 21 with a call to assist with an injured person. A preliminary investigation indicates both children were on the same bicycle, one sitting on the handlebar, traveling eastbound in an alleyway when they failed to stop before entering onto Pratt Street, GPD public information officer Capt. Chuck McMichael said.
According to officials, the bicycle entered the roadway and struck the back driver’s side fender of a moving pick-up truck. The pick-up truck was driven by Jacob Peck, Greenfield. Peck immediately stopped his vehicle and rendered aid to the children. Peck is fully cooperating with the investigation and is not suspected of being under the influence of drugs or alcohol, McMichael said.
Both boys were immediately transported to Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis to be treated for their injuries. Officials from the GPD didn’t have more information to share about the accident other than to say it was still under investigation. Greenfield officers were assisted at the scene by the Hancock County Fatal Accident Crash Team (FACT), which is handling the ongoing investigation.
