BEND, OR -- An 11-year-old boy was hit by a car as he attempted to cross Highway 97 south of Brosterhouse Rd. in Bend, just before 8:00 p.m. Thursday night. The boy was transported to St. Charles Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
According to Bend Police, he was crossing the highway in front of the Budget Inn Motel, about 50 yards from a signaled crosswalk. nvestigators say the 53-year-old driver was not impaired or negligent, and she was not cited.