According to the sheriff’s office, the delivery truck hit the boy in the 8100 block of Martin Road when he entered the street from a private driveway and rode into the path of the truck just after 6 p.m.
The truck driver, 48-year-old Mark Nisonger of Greenville, tried to avoid the collision, according to the sheriff’s office.
The child was not wearing any protective head gear, according to the sheriff’s office.
Wednesday’s accident was the third since Monday that involves a vehicle hitting a child on a bike. In every one of the incidents, the boys were not wearing helmets.
- On Monday afternoon in Dayton, 7-year-old Kaleb Cook was killed when an SUV hit the bike he was on in the 1300 block of West Fifth Street.
- On Wednesday afternoon in Jamestown, Greene County, a 6-year-old boy suffered serious injuries when an SUV hit the bike he was riding on West Xenia Street.
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