Update..

LISBON, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified a 14-year old girl who died when her bicycle was struck by a vehicle near Lisbon.

The patrol says Bethany Elijah died at the scene Thursday morning on a gravel road east of town.

The patrol says the driver, a 75-year-old Lisbon man, was travelling east and navigating an uphill curve when he encountered the girl, who was travelling west.

The driver was not injured.

The crash remains under investigation.

 

Previously….

Lisbon  (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, on Thursday a 14-year-old girl riding a bike was killed in an accident near Lisbon.

The name of the victim was not immediately released.

The report says 75 year old Dennis Reinke Lisbon was operating a vehicle eastbound on 68th Street Southeast in a 2000 Pontiac Montana, approximately a half mile east of Lisbon at about 8:50 a.m.

The vehicle was traveling uphill and around a curve when it struck the bicyclist, who was traveling west on the same highway.

The girl was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation by the patrol.