Bicycle, police car collide

A 17-year-old Baker City boy was in critical condition in a Boise hospital today after his bicycle collided with an unmarked Oregon State Police vehicle on Campbell Street at about noon Tuesday.

Tyler James Arthur was taken by ambulance to St. Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City and later was flown by Life Flight to St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Boise, said Baker City Police Chief Wyn Lohner.

OSP detective David Aydelotte, 43, was traveling west on Campbell Street in a 2008 Dodge Durango and Arthur was riding his bicycle north on Seventh Street when the crash happened at the intersection of the two streets, Lohner said.

Seventh Street is controlled by stop signs at the crash site, and Campbell Street is not, Lohner said.

Aydelotte, a 13-year OSP veteran, was not injured. No citations have been issued and Aydelotte has not been placed on administrative leave.

The question of placing officers on leave is handled on a case-by-case basis, OSP Sgt. Dave MacManiman said this morning.

Tuesday’s incident “did not rise to that level,” he said.

Baker City Police are continuing the investigation with the assistance of an OSP accident reconstruction team.