An 8-year-old Carbondale boy died at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale Friday morning after he was struck by a car on South Illinois Avenue Thursday evening.

Hospital officials could not comment of the extent of the injuries or the exact cause of death.

According to police, Montay L. Townsell was riding along the west side of South Illinois Avenue when he told his cousins he had forgotten or dropped his gloves and turned his bicycle east across one lane of traffic and the center turn lane. Townsell then rode his bicycle directly into the path of a northbound car driven by 51-year-old Arthur Aronson of Cobden.

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Carbondale Police traffic accident reconstructionists are continuing to investigate the accident. No tickets have been issued.