A nine-year-old boy sustained life-threatening injuries Sunday when he was riding a dirt bike on a sidewalk without any protective gear and fell off the bike, police said.
The Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement that the boy was on a 2006 Honda CRF 70 motorcycle on Capistrano Avenue east of Burnham Avenue, near Desert Inn Road and Eastern Avenue, just after noon Sunday when he lost control of the motorcycle. motorcycle.
“He lost control, causing him to flip over and become separated from the motorcycle,” police said in a statement.
The boy was taken to nearby Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in critical condition, police said.
The Metropolitan Police Collision Investigation Section was investigating, police said.
