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12-Year-Old Cell-Phone-Talking Bicyclist Crashes Into Back of Truck

May 9, 2018

A 12-year-old girl riding her bike on the sidewalk while talking on a cell phone was injured when she lost control of the bike, swerved into the street, and struck the back of a dump truck, getting run over by the landscaping trailer the truck was towing.

The girl was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities told The Union Leader.

The accident occurred in Laconia, New Hampshire.