14-year-old cyclist seriously injured after pickup truck collision in Whitby

A 14-year-old boy is recovering after being seriously injured in a collision involving a pickup truck while riding his bicycle in Whitby on Wednesday evening.

According to Durham Regional Police, the collision occurred at approximately 8:55 p.m. on Aug. 5 in the area of Garden Street and Manning Road.

Police said the teenager was riding his bicycle southbound through a crosswalk when he was struck by a southbound pickup truck that was making a right turn.

The boy was transported to a Toronto trauma centre with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

The 40-year-old woman driving the pickup truck remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators.

Police are asking anyone with information, or cellphone, dashcam, or surveillance footage of the collision, to contact the Durham Regional Police Collision Investigation Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5255 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers