FORT COLLINS, Colo.—A 9-year-old Fort Collins girl has died of injuries suffered when she was struck by a sport utility vehicle while riding her bicycle.
Police say Erica Forney was on her bike in a residential area in the southwest part of the city about 3:50 p.m. Tuesday when a 2003 Ford Expedition drifted into the bicycle lane and hit her.
The girl was rushed to the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland and later flown to The Children’s Hospital in Aurora, where she had been listed in critical condition on life support.
She died about 9:10 p.m. Thursday.
Authorities say neither drugs nor alcohol were factors in the crash, but police believe the woman driving the SUV was talking on her cell phone just before the collision.
Charges are pending.
