Child on bicycle stuck by car in central Las Vegas, hospitalized

Las Vegas Review-Journal

4 years ago

A child was struck by a vehicle Monday, Jan. 20, 2019, near the intersection of West Charleston ... — A child was struck by a vehicle Monday, Jan. 20, 2019, near the intersection of West Charleston and Upland boulevards in Las Vegas. (Alexis Egeland/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Police investigate the scene where a 12-year-old boy was struck by a car and seriously injured while riding a bike on Charleston and Upland Boulevard in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

The bike of the 12-year-old boy that was struck by a car and seriously injured while riding on Charleston and Upland Boulevard in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

The scene where a 12-year-old boy was struck by a car and seriously injured while riding a bike on Charleston and Upland Boulevard in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

A 13-year-old boy was hospitalized Monday afternoon with a “major leg injury” after being struck by a vehicle in the central valley while riding a bicycle, according to Las Vegas police.

The crash happened around 2:50 p.m. at Charleston and Upland boulevards, near Jones Boulevard. According to Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Jeff Stuart, a witness told officers that the driver failed to yield for the boy, who was in a crosswalk at the time of the crash.

His leg injury initially appeared to be life-threatening, Stuart said, but as of 4 p.m. the child was expected to survive.

At the site of the crash Monday afternoon, a lime green bike could be seen on a sidewalk.

The driver was not suspected of impairment, Stuart said.

Further details were not immediately available.

Contact Rio Lacanlale at rlacanlale@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @riolacanlale on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Alexis Egeland contributed to this report.