Sunday Oct. 18, 2015
A child on a bicycle was struck by a vehicle in Empire on the Empire/Chester Hwy. this evening, just a few blocks away from the rail road crossing .
No details are known about the accident at this time except that the child was transported by helicopter, presumably to a Macon Hospital. No reports on the child’s condition were available.
Roddy First Responders and Dodge EMS attended to the victim, while Gresston Fire Department established a safe landing zone for the helicopter behind the Roddy Fire Department.
The Georgia State Patrol is investigating the accident.