A 9-year-old boy from Illinois was struck by a vehicle in Cass County.

The collision happened around 11:15 a.m. on Monday, Sep. 5, on East Lakeshore Drive in Silver Creek Township when a A 45 year-old Illinois man, his wife and his four children pulled out of a driveway on Lakeshore and headed northbound.

The 9-year-old boy was traveling westbound from his yard on a 50cc Yamaha motorized bike, left the yard traveled into the road and was struck by the vehicle.

Alcohol was not a factor in the crash.