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Teen bicycle rider hospitalized after hit by Kansas driver

police accident emergency crashRILEY COUNTY – A bicycle rider was injured in an accident just before 4:30p.m. on Thursday in Riley County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Honda Civic driven by Rachel Ryan, 24, Overland Park, was south bound on U.S. 177 three miles south of Manhattan, in the right lane.

The vehicle struck a southbound bicycle ridden by Shem McConnell, 17, Cusseta, Georgia.

McConnell was transported to the University of Kansas Hospital. He was wearing a helmet, according the KHP.

Ryan was not injured.

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