Boy on bicycle injured in crash

Published 11:35 am Friday, May 27, 2011

A 10-year-old boy was injured Thursday afternoon after he reportedly collided with a car while on his bicycle near the intersection of Front Street and First Avenue.

According to police, Goy John Majiok, 10, was transported to Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Albert Lea and was later treated and released.

Police stated Majiok was headed eastbound on Front Street when he crossed the road diagonally to turn onto First Avenue and collided with a car driven by Nancy Lynne Jensen, 67, who was driving westbound on Front Street.

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