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11-Year-Olds Injured Riding Wrong-Way Dirt Bike On Sunny Ridge Road
Neither was wearing a helmet, police said.
RAMAPO, NY — Ramapo police called to a crash with injuries on Sunny Ridge Road in New Hempstead Wednesday found two injured 11-year-olds in the road and the driver of a vehicle nearby.
Police said their preliminary investigation showed that the children were riding a dirt bike westbound on the wrong side of the road when they struck an approaching car head-on at about 3:22 p.m.
The two children were treated, then transported to Westchester Medical Center. Both children suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
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Neither was wearing a helmet, police said.
The operator of the car was found to not be at fault, police said.
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