FINNEY COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Finney County are investigating a pedestrian accident involving a teenager.

Just before 9:30 p.m. on Monday, Officers of the Garden City Police Department responded to a report of a Pedestrian Accident at the intersection of Campus Drive and Kansas Avenue, according to a media release.

First responders located Tomas Lacost-Nevarez,14, Garden City in the street with multiple injuries.

Finney County EMS transported him to St. Catherine’s Hospital and he was then flown to Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita with life threatening injuries.

The investigation revealed that Lacost-Nevarez and a friend were riding their bicycles westbound on the sidewalk of Kansas Ave, as they approached the intersection of Campus Drive and Kansas Avenue, the friend stopped on the sidewalk and Lacost-Nevarez continued into the street on Campus Drive.

He crossed the northbound lane of traffic, crossed the median and was struck by a red 2015 Chevrolet truck driven by William Roebke, 47, Garden City in the southbound lane of Campus Drive

Lacost-Nevarez failed to use a posted crosswalk and attempted to cross the street when both north and south lanes of traffic on Campus Drive had green lights, according to police.