NORWICH – A five-year-old bicyclist was struck by a car on Sunday and – following transportation to Chenango Memorial Hospital – transferred via Sidney-based Life Net helicopter to Syracuse University Hospital.

The Norwich City Police and Fire Departments responded to the Eric Street accident at approximately 5:45 p.m. Sunday, where a pair of witnesses said 36-year-old Joyce Hendrickson, travelling west on Eric Street, collided with a five-year-old girl.

Both witnesses described the girl as pedaling out of her driveway at 14 Eric Street into traffic, crossing into the path of the car.