Bicyclist Struck By Bus In Concord

CONCORD, CA — A teenage girl on a bicycle was struck and injured by a paratransit bus carrying 17 people this morning in Concord. The collision was reported in the vicinity of Treat Boulevard and Oak Grove Road at 7:12 a.m. Tuesday. The bus and the bicyclist were both heading south on Oak Grove Road. The bus driver attempted to turn right onto westbound Treat when the front of the bus struck the girl, according to police.

The cause of the collision remains under investigation.

The bicyclist was transported to a hospital with injuries that were not thought to be life-threatening, according to Inspector Steve Aubert with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.

Further details about the victim were not immediately available. The bus involved in the collision was operated by County Connection, a fixed-route paratransit service in the East Bay with a fleet of fully accessible buses and other vehicles.

"We have cameras and technology on the bus that we're going to download in the next couple hours," County Connection general manager Rick Ramacier said.

That footage will be shared with police investigators.

The driver is undergoing a drug test and other post-collision protocols today. She's the only witness so far, and Ramacier anticipates she'll be unavailable for much of the day.

"We'll do our own investigation, which has just begun," Ramacier said. "We're at the beginning stages."

By Bay City News Service

Patch file photo by Maggie Avants