[UPDATED After Interviewing Bicyclist] Teenage Bicyclist Receives Minor Injuries in Vehicle Collision in McKinleyville

This article has been updated to reflect information provided by the bicyclist.

CORRECTION BELOW: A teenage girl was seriously injured around 1:49 p.m. after a collision involving a vehicle and a bicyclist near the intersection of Horrell Street and the 300 block of Bonanza Street in McKinleyville.

According to scanner traffic and the California Highway Patrol Traffic Incident Information Page, the injured rider was reported to be a teenage girl, approximately 13 years old.

Responders reported over the scanner that the girl had been riding a bicycle and had received a head injury after being struck.

Medical and fire units responded Code 3 (with lights and sirens) to provide assistance, and an ambulance was requested to transport the injured teen.

Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.

UPDATE 6:40 p.m.: A teenage bicyclist was involved in a collision with a vehicle around 1:49 p.m. near Horrell Street and the 300 block of Bonanza Street in McKinleyville.

Initial scanner traffic and dispatch information suggested the incident involved a serious injury. But in an update provided to Redheaded Blackbelt at 6:40 p.m., the bicyclist, Trinity Ascar, said she had been pulling out of her father’s driveway while wearing headphones when a car came by. She said she tried to brake but collided with the vehicle.

According to Ascar, the driver and passenger helped her to the sidewalk after the collision. Emergency responders arrived and treated her at the scene.

“I tried to brake break and then I hit the car,” she said. “It was a man and a woman and they sat me down on the sideway. They called 911. The EMTs came. I have a couple of scrapes on my face. I have a scrape on my knee and my elbow. I didn’t need to go to the hospital.”

Earlier reports indicating a serious head injury were incorrect.