Boy riding e-bike hospitalized after being hit by car in Centerville
Sep 20, 2025, 11:22 AM
FILE: Police cruisers are parked outside the Centerville Police Department on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. A 12-year-old boy was hospitalized on Friday after he was hit by a car in Centerville while riding an e-bike. (Spenser Heaps/Deseret News)
(Spenser Heaps/Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY — A 12-year-old boy was hospitalized on Friday after he was hit by a car in Centerville.
The Centerville Police Department said in a news release that the boy was wearing a helmet when he was hit. He was reportedly riding an e-bike within a crosswalk along with a group of friends.
“A vehicle that was southbound on 400 East, and preparing to turn left onto 900 South, had stopped prior to the crosswalk in the two-way left turn lane,” police said in the news release. “That vehicle stopped to allow the pedestrians to cross.”
According to police, a second vehicle proceeded to pass the stopped vehicle while the group crossed the road. That’s when the second vehicle hit the 12-year-old.
“The cyclist went over the hood,” police said. “Both vehicles remained at the scene and so did multiple witnesses to the crash.”
Police said the e-bike rider was bleeding from his head. He had cuts and bruises and was transported to Primary Children’s Hospital.
“The driver of the vehicle was issued a citation for passing a vehicle stopped at a crosswalk,” police said. “There was no suspicion that impairment was a factor.”
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