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The young cyclist turned into the rear axle of a New Holland Tire trailer while riding near her home on Lancaster Avenue, East Earl Township police said.
Michelle Hurst was flown to Hershey Medical Center after the 9:30 a.m. crash and was in the trauma unit Wednesday night in critical condition.
Police said she sustained "multiple injuries" in the impact, which tossed her onto the road and flung her bicycle onto a grass shoulder.
David Lavoie, 54, of Sylvester, Ga., was driving the truck, police said. He wasn't hurt and stopped at the scene of the incident.
He was driving south in the 200 block of Lancaster Avenue when the cyclist veered into his rig, officials said.
The girl was riding north, but on the southbound shoulder of the road, police said. Police are investigating why she turned into the trailer.
She was leading her mother, who also was on bike, pulling the girl's two brothers in a carriage. No one else was injured. Relatives identified the mother as Maryann Hurst, according to one report.
Lancaster Avenue was closed for several hours as East Earl police and state troopers investigated the crash.
No charges were filed Wednesday.
Terre Hill Fire Department also responded to the scene.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call East Earl police at 355-5302.
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