World Photo by Steve McCasland Fourteen-year-old Ashley McBroom’s shoe is visible as the 14-year-old waits for an ambulance after a car struck her Monday.

A vehicle injured and threw a Bandon girl into the street Monday when it collided with her bicycle in Bandon near 11th Street and U.S. Highway 101.

At about 3:47 p.m., a 2005 four-door Chevrolet, driven by 94-year-old Louis B. Prahar of Bandon, turned right from 11th street onto 101 on a green light. Meanwhile, Ashley McBroom, 14, rode east on the 11th Street sidewalk and then entered the crosswalk.

The Chevrolet collided with the bicycle and Ashley was thrown onto the highway, said Bandon Police Chief Bob Webb. Her bicycle ended up under Prahar’s vehicle, Webb said, adding that Ashley had been wearing a helmet donated by the Kiwanis Club of Bandon and distributed by the Bandon Police Department.

“We were very happy she had it on,” Webb said. “It’s very important they wear their helmets.”

He noted that the department is out of helmets and is working to get more.

It took about 30 minutes for an ambulance to arrive, Webb said, and Ashley complained of chest pains at the scene. She eventually went to Southern Coos Hospital, where she was treated and released.

“She’s fine,” said Webb, who talked to the girl on Tuesday. “She just said she felt like she had been hit by a car.”

The driver was not cited and the case is under investigation.