BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — A Boulder County boy suffered minor injuries after he crashed his dirt bike into a pickup truck Wednesday morning.

The incident happened in the Safeway parking lot, located at 1601 Coalton Road, around 9:35 a.m. According to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office, the boy was traveling too fast on his dirt bike when he collided with the truck "after being unable to stop in time." The boy was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

BCSO did not provide the boy's age.

The Boulder County Sheriff's Office said this incident "reflects a broader concern: more accidents and illegal riding are being reported in the community, particularly involving juveniles on e-bikes, electric dirt bikes, and gas dirt bikes."

The sheriff's office said many of these crashes are linked

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