PEA RIDGE — On her way home from her granddaughter’s third birthday party, Sherri Geidle was just passing the flower shop on North Curtis Avenue when she saw the bicyclist turn in front of her. It was just after 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18.

Although she braked, she could not avoid the collision and her car hit James Brown, 16, of Pea Ridge.

His head hit the windshield.

His crumpled bicycle lay on the black asphalt. Brown sat quietly, favoring his left leg as Geidle checked on him. Other motorists began to stop. Police arrived. Ambulance personnel were quickly on the scene.

A registered nurse, Jerine Brown, offered her assistance until emergency personnel arrived.

Traffic was delayed as police directed the traffic around the car and the boy while paramedics and emergency medical technicians tended to him, braced his neck and splinted his leg. Brown grimaced in pain.

His mother and sister arrived, consoling the youth.

He was transported from the scene, transferred to Bentonville advanced life support ambulance and taken to Mercy Medical Center.

News, Pages 1 on 08/24/2011