BEATRICE – A girl riding her bike was struck by a vehicle Monday night in Beatrice and was airlifted by medical helicopter to a hospital.

Police Department Director Jay Murphy says the 13-year-old girl was riding her bike west on Arthur Street and apparently rode through a stop sign at 10th and Arthur, where she was struck by a northbound pickup.

Emergency personnel were sent to the scene of the accident at 8:17 p.m.

Murphy said the girl was initially unresponsive but was alert later when she was being transferred from the scene by ambulance.

A medical helicopter landed at Beatrice Municipal airport, taking the injured girl to a hospital shortly after nine p.m.