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Kansas teen hospitalized after truck hits his bicycle

Screen Shot 2014-05-20 at 9.53.00 AMELDORADO- A Kansas teenager was injured when a truck hit him just before 1:30 Wednesday afternoon in Butler County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Freightliner truck driven by Stephen J. Rigby Jr., Andover, was stopped at a red traffic light on Haverhill at Central in El Dorado, intending to turn West onto Central.

John Shelbahl, 16, Eldorado, was riding a bicycle eastbound on the sidewalk on the north side of Central and rode into the path of the truck.

Shelbahl was transported to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita in serious condition.

The KHP reported he was not wearing a helmet.

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