Boy Bicyclist Hospitalized When Brakes Break, Slamming Him Into Truck: Shippensburg PD

A boy is in the hospital after his bicycle's brakes broke — propelling him into a truck, the Shippensburg police announced on Friday.

The intersection of West King and North Fayette streets in Shippensburg where the young bicyclist struck a truck, the police say.
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Jillian Pikora

06/07/2024 4:32 p.m.

The collision happened when the boy was riding "on the wrong side of the road, [when he] collided with a truck turning onto West King Street from North Fayette Street," as stated in the police release.

The incident happened at the intersection of West King and North Fayette streets in Shippensburg at 12:05 p.m. on June 7, the police detailed in the release.

When police arrived, the boy told the officers that "his brakes were not working properly and it was his second accident on this date."

He was taken "to the hospital with unknown injuries," the police said.

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