SAN ANTONIO – A teenager has been hospitalized after allegedly colliding with a VIA bus while riding a dirtbike just east of Downtown.
Around 4:50 p.m. on Sunday, police were called to the scene of a reported motor vehicle collision near the corner of Porter Street and South Palmetto Street.
According to preliminary information from the San Antonio Fire Department, a teenage patient, between 15 and 16 years old, riding an electric motorcycle/dirtbike, struck the side of a VIA bus.
Officers on the scene say that they believe the teen rode past a stop sign just before the collision, failing to stop.
The bus driver is cooperating with the investigation at this time. We’ve reached out to VIA for a statement, but have yet to hear back. Nobody else was injured.
The patient was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. The investigation is ongoing.