Erie police investigating after ATV driver seriously injured in crash with car on Monday
Erie police are investigating a two-vehicle accident involving an all-terrain vehicle on the city's east side on Monday night that seriously injured the driver of the ATV.
The accident was reported on Monday at 10:01 p.m. at East 26th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.
According to police, a Honda CRV driven by a female was traveling westbound on East 26th Street when her car was struck by a Honda ATV that was traveling north on Pennsylvania Avenue at high speed and went through a stop sign at the intersection of East 26th Street.
The male driver of the ATV was thrown from his vehicle and struck the Honda, Sgt. Thomas Dunmire, an accident investigator with the Erie Bureau of Police, said Tuesday morning. The man suffered injuries including a large laceration to his neck and was taken to UPMC Hamot, Dunmire said.
The ATV driver, a 22-year-old man from Angola, New York, remained hospitalized Tuesday, according to police.
The driver of the Honda was not reported injured in the accident, according to Dunmire.
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Dunmire said ATVs are not permitted to be driven on city streets.
Investigators have spoken to several witnesses to the accident and have obtained and are reviewing surveillance video from the area.
Anyone with information that could assist Erie police in the ongoing crash investigation is asked to call Dunmire at 814-870-1171.
Contact Tim Hahn at thahn@timesnews.com. Follow him on X @ETNhahn.
This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Man seriously injured in crash involving ATV, car at Erie intersection
