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A Menlo-Atherton High School student was hospitalized with moderate, non-life-threatening injuries after colliding with a car while riding an electric bicycle Thursday morning.
The crash occurred around 8:30 a.m. at Crane Street and Valparaiso Avenue, according to the Menlo Park Police Department. The 16-year-old bicyclist was taken to a hospital, and parents were notified. The cause of the collision remains under investigation, and fault has not been determined, police spokesperson Nicole Acker said.
Bicycle safety has been a recent focus for both the Atherton and Menlo Park police departments. Menlo Park police previously stationed officers near Menlo-Atherton before school to stop bicyclists and check for traffic violations, Principal Karl Losekoot told parents. Atherton police have also reportedly conducted pre-school bike safety checks, looking for e-bike models with additional legal requirements and monitoring students’ compliance with traffic rules.
The incident comes several months after Menlo-Atherton athletics coach Dylan Taylor was killed in a bicycle collision with a garbage truck in Atherton last May.
Menlo-Atherton did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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