A 12-year-old boy visiting Denver with his parents darted into the side of a moving 16th St. Mall shuttle bus Tuesday night and was taken to a local hospital.
The accident happened at about 7:30 p.m. on the mall between Arapahoe and Curtis Streets.
RTD spokesman Scott Reed said the boy injured his leg in the mishap.
“We were told at the scene by paramedics that the injuries are not life threatening,” Reed said.
The parents and the boy are visiting Denver, from Illinois, and are here for meetings at the Colorado Convention Center, friends of the victim’s family said.
A small group with the family was taking photographs on the mall and the boy didn’t want to be in the pictures, witnesses said. He ran from a camera and darted into the side of a bus.
Reed said police told RTD officials that “the driver was not at fault.”
The boy was conscious and talking after the accident, witnesses said.
The boy, with his parents, was taken to a local hospital by ambulance to be treated for his injuries.
Police declined to release the name of the boy, or his parents, because he’s a juvenile.
Staff writer Kieran Nicholson can be reached at 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com.
