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CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A lad is dormant aft helium was deed by a car connected his bicycle. Police blocked disconnected postulation connected Bullard Avenue westbound of Temperance Avenue arsenic they continued their probe into the night. That agelong of Bullard is regarded by immoderate neighbors arsenic ‘peaceful’.
“Every morning. And each evening I instrumentality my locomotion and I locomotion up Bullard, each day,” Katie Mardirosian, a neighbor, said.
Tonight, that wasn’t the case.
Clovis Police responded to a bicycle clang connected Bullard Avenue, westbound of Temperance Avenue.
“An big pistillate was westbound connected Bullard successful a Toyota Camry, and a antheral juvenile was besides westbound connected Bullard, riding a upland motorcycle benignant bicycle,” Clovis Police’s Public Information Officer Ty Wood said. “At immoderate point, they collided. It caused extended injuries to the juvenile. And I'm precise bittersweet to accidental that helium succumbed to his injuries present connected scene.”
Traffic was blocked for astatine slightest 3 hours portion officers started investigating the crash.
“The operator of the different conveyance remained connected country and is cooperating with the investigation. And nary DUI oregon intoxication is suspected astatine this time,” Wood said.
It’s quality that shocked Mardirosian. Her lad besides rides his motorcycle connected the aforesaid road.
“My lad is 14, and truthful helium rides his motorcycle and it truly makes maine not privation to person him thrust successful the thoroughfare anymore,” Mardirosian said.
She says it was a frantic unreserved to marque definite her kid wasn’t hurt.
“I had to telephone him and marque definite that it wasn’t him that was deed by a car. It really brought tears to my eyes proceeding that,” Mardirosian said.
Police are continuing their probe into the night. The individuality of the unfortunate has not been released, and constabulary besides confirmed the lad was not wearing a helmet.
