A 17-year-old boy was critically injured Sept. 20 when the Pennsylvania State Police said the E-bike he was driving collided with a car in Girard Township.
The boy, whose name was not released, was rushed to UPMC Hamot by ambulance following the accident, which was reported Sept. 20 at about 2:15 p.m. at the intersection of West Lake Road and Nursery Road and Culbertson Drive.
Updated information on the boy’s condition was not available from authorities Sept. 21.
According to state police in Girard, a Volkswagen Passat driven by a 39-year-old Lake City man was traveling west on West Lake Road when an E-bike driven by the 17-year-old Lake City boy failed to stop at a stop sign while traveling south on Culbertson Drive. The E-bike crashed into the car and the 17-year-old boy was thrown from it, troopers reported.
The driver of the Vokswagen and two passengers in it were not injured in the crash, according to state police.
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This story was originally published September 21, 2026 at 7:42 AM.