STEUBEN, NY : Barneveld teen in critical condition after backover accident on Monday, 22nd August, 2016

A Barneveld teen lies in critical condition after a milk tanker truck backed into his bicycle on Monday afternoon in Steuben, according to the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office.

Christopher Welch, 17, sustained head and leg injuries in the accident and was airlifted by Mercy Flight to St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica and then to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, deputies said.

Brenda Brouty, 43, of Carthage, was getting ready to back the truck into a farm driveway on State Route 272 when she heard a loud noise from the back of her truck, deputies said. She got out and saw the teen, who was wearing a bicycle helmet, and a damaged bicycle under the truck’s third axle, they said. She called 911 around 2:50 p.m.

Brouty was issued a traffic ticket for not having reverse lights and an audible alarm working on the truck, deputies said. She is due to appear in Steuben Town Court at a later date.

The sheriff’s office was assisted at the scene by the Holland Patent Fire Department, Prospect Ambulance and the New York State Police.

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Barneveld teen in critical condition after backover accident