A 9-year-old boy sustained severe but non-life-threatening injuries from an auto-pedestrian collision in the Eldorado area of Illinois. The accident which occurred on Thursday, June 18th, was caused by 31-year-old Kyle B. Myers.
The Illinois State Police Stated in the accident report that at about 6:45 p.m., the driver struck the boy while he was riding a children scooter westbound on a bike path on Fourth Street in the area of North Railroad Street. Myers was traveling south in a vehicle when he collided with the boy.
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The emergency responders used an air helicopter to transport the boy to an area hospital. There is no information on his current condition. The ISP said Myers refused medical attention after the crash, and they did not cite him for any offense. The investigation is ongoing.
Under the Illinois Vehicle Code, when two cars are entering an intersection from different roadways at approximately the same time, the driver of the left must yield the right-of-way to the driver on the right. Failure to follow the rule can lead to a multiple vehicle collision that might result in bodily harm or death.
There are many types of failure to yield offenses, like failure to yield to a flashing red or yellow light, failure to yield to pedestrians, or a bicycle rider in a bike lane, and failure to yield when merging onto an expressway or highway. Others are failure to yield to a funeral procession, and failure to yield to emergency police, fire, or ambulance vehicle.
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