Train clips child on bicycle in Clyde

Girl sur­vives

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CLYDE – A 10-year-old Church Street girl report­edly escaped seri­ous injury Wednes­day evening when she rode her bicy­cle into the path of a Nor­folk South­ern train engine.

Clyde Police offi­cer Der­rick Shell reported Alexis Shull, 246 N. Church St., was rid­ing her bicy­cle at 5:08 p.m. on Church Street near Duane Street and cross­ing the track as an engine trav­el­ing east toward Belle­vue clipped the back of her bicy­cle and threw her.

The girl report­edly had some injuries and Lifesquad responded. Shell said the girl’s par­ents were declin­ing treat­ment at the loca­tion when he was there. Shell said he had to leave then to speak to the train staff before EMS left the location.

A neigh­bor on Church Street reported that the fam­ily had taken the child to the hospital.

The Belle­vue Hos­pi­tal reported Wednes­day night that Shull was not on its roster.

Offi­cer Shell said a wit­ness said he yelled at the lit­tle girl as she approached the tracks but she was obliv­i­ous to the train approaching.

The Nor­folk South­ern con­duc­tor also told police that he could see the lit­tle girl approach­ing the tracks. “She kept truck­ing and did not turn,” the offi­cer said accord­ing to witnesses.

As she cross the tracks on her two-wheeler, the right side of the engine clipped the back of her bicycle.

The engine was able to stop the train by East Street — a block away — where it sat for nearly an hour dur­ing a police and Nor­folk South­ern inves­ti­ga­tion, accord­ing to Shell.

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