Boy in Stable Condition After Bike Crash

A boy was in stable condition Tuesday night after being flown to a Pittsburgh hospital in the wake of a bicycle accident, police said.

When an officer arrived at John Drive around 7 p.m. Tuesday, a bystander was applying pressure to boy’s neck, where it had been punctured.

Canonsburg EMS were called to the scene, and the officer drove the ambulance to First Street Elementary School while medics attended to the boy’s wounds.

The set up a landing zone there, and Daniel Powell, 11, of Fourth Street was flown to Children’s Hospital.

His condition was not immediately available Wednesday afternoon.

According to a police report, Powell was racing his bicycle with to other boys just before the accident happened.

“He stated he viewed the boy’s front wheel wobbling as he went faster and faster,” the report indicated. “The boy then hit a slight curb and flew over his handlebars and wrapped around the fire hydrants.”

Police said the boy was not wearing a helmet.

“From the size of the puncture wound and the depth, it appeared the lug/screw fitting on the hydrant caused the puncture,” the police report continued.