Motorcycle crash near school injures child


Radio call reporting a white motorcycle crash across from Bluefield Intermediate School. A child about 7–9 years old was hurt. The driver, described with a red beard and black shirt, put the child back on the bike and left westbound.
Audio|Source: Mercer County Public Safety and WV State Police
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Transcript:
(name withheld) Cherokee, 460 East, just for like the street. 1637. Control of any Bluefield unit. We have a call in the area of 460, westbound in the Bluefield School. We have a white motorcycle wreck, and his son was on the bike. He said his arm was tore up. Her caller did. The child looks we... between 7 or 9 years old. The driver had a red beard and a black shirt and took off down the road across from the school. The caller stopped and asked them that they were okay, and the driver told the child to get back on the bike and took off in 1637. So the bike took off, had the child that got scraped up? Yes, sir. Was they driving west then? They were driving westbound. They went down that road straight across from the school.
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Location mentioned:
Near Southview Dr, Bluefield, WV 24701
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