Teen on bike critically injured by car

July 21, 2009 at 11:27p.m.

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — A 15-year-old girl on a bicycle was struck at an intersection and critically injured, Pennsylvania State Police reported.

Police did not release the girl’s name. She was flown to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and was in critical condition there, police said.

The accident happened in Union Township at 4:40 p.m. today, police reported.

Donald E. Summerville Jr. of East Harbor Road was traveling north on Scotland Lane when the girl, who was riding east on Burns Street, traveled into his path, police said.