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A child was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon after the electric dirt bike they were riding collided with a van at a Melbourne intersection.Melbourne police responded to the crash involving a 2001 Chrysler van and an electric dirt bike at approximately 4:17 p.m. at the intersection of Wickham Road and Lake Washington Road.The child riding the electric dirt bike sustained serious bodily injuries and was airlifted to Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando. A landing zone was established at a nearby golf course for the transport. The child is currently being treated.According to the initial investigation, the electric dirt bike was traveling west on Lake Washington, west of Wickham, when the Chrysler van, leaving a parking lot on the northwest corner of the intersection, attempted to travel east on Lake Washington.The van pulled out in front of the dirt bike, causing the bike to strike the driver’s side of the van.Police said alcohol and drugs do not appear to be factors in the crash. The Melbourne Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Unit is investigating the incident.Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Traffic Enforcement Unit Officer Costello at (321) 616-6027 or anonymously through Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS (8477) or www.crimeline.org.
A child was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon after the electric dirt bike they were riding collided with a van at a Melbourne intersection.
Melbourne police responded to the crash involving a 2001 Chrysler van and an electric dirt bike at approximately 4:17 p.m. at the intersection of Wickham Road and Lake Washington Road.
The child riding the electric dirt bike sustained serious bodily injuries and was airlifted to Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando. A landing zone was established at a nearby golf course for the transport. The child is currently being treated.
According to the initial investigation, the electric dirt bike was traveling west on Lake Washington, west of Wickham, when the Chrysler van, leaving a parking lot on the northwest corner of the intersection, attempted to travel east on Lake Washington.
The van pulled out in front of the dirt bike, causing the bike to strike the driver’s side of the van.
Police said alcohol and drugs do not appear to be factors in the crash. The Melbourne Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Unit is investigating the incident.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Traffic Enforcement Unit Officer Costello at (321) 616-6027 or anonymously through Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS (8477) or www.crimeline.org.
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