Emergency personnel were on scene at Young Road on Thursday, May 27, 2021 where a 13-year-old boy was struck by a pickup truck. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Teenager struck by pickup in Chilliwack, not seriously injured

13-year-old boy was hit on Young Road near Reece Avenue

A 13-year-old boy was hit by a pickup truck in Chilliwack on Thursday.

RCMP, BC Ambulance Service and firefighters responded to the scene shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday (May 27) at Young Road between Reece and King avenues.

The road was blocked off for a time, but the boy was reportedly not badly injured.

Details of the incident are unknown. There is no crosswalk where the collision took place, although there are marked crosswalks north and south of the location at Reece and Lewis avenues.


 

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Emergency personnel were on scene at Young Road on Thursday, May 27, 2021 where a 13-year-old boy was struck by a pickup truck. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)