Police confirm officer fatally strikes teen cyclist
MOLINE, Illinois (Quad-City Times) A Moline police officer was involved in a fatal crash that killed a 13-year-old male Tuesday afternoon.
According to the Moline Police Department, at approximately 2:52 p.m., a beat officer was dispatched to a disturbance near 41st Street and 12th Avenue. The officer was traveling southbound in the 1100 block of 34th Street when the squad car struck the victim on a bicycle just south of 11th Avenue.
The crash occurred at approximately 2:55 p.m. The child was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.
The Moline Police Department immediately requested the Illinois State Police to respond to the scene and blocked off the area to motorists.