A VEHICLE AND TRAILER VERSUS BICYCLE WRECK ON SOUTH VIRGINIA STREET TUESDAY EVENING INJURED A 5-YEAR OLD.

            THE REPORT FROM CITY POLICE SAYS 5-YEAR OLD SANI MILLER OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS RIDING HIS BICYCLE EASTBOUND FROM EAST 20^TH STREETONTO SOUTH VIRGINIA AROUND 6 O’CLOCK WHEN HE SAID HIS CHAIN LOCKED UP, CAUSING HIM TO NOT BE ABLE TO STOP.

            MILLER RAN INTO A TRAILER BEING PULLED BY 67-YEAR OLD LARRY MOORE OF HOPKINSVILE. MOORE SAID HE SAW THE BOY COMING ON HIS BICYCLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP HIS VEHICLE IN TIME, WHILE WITNESSES SAID IT LOOKED AS THOUGH THE CHILD’S BRAKES WEREN’T WORKING.

            MILLER WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER.

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08/31/2011/AM