A car hit a 12-year-old boy on a bicycle along a western Wisconsin road, sending the boy through the vehicle's front windshield, authorities said.

The crash occurred about 9:45 a.m. Saturday northeast of Baldwin, about 25 miles east of Hudson, the St. Croix County Sheriff's Office said.

The boy, Troy Ellsworth, of Woodville, Wis., was initially hospitalized in Baldwin and then transferred to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, a Sheriff's Office statement read.

"Sounds like the boy has some broken bones and a couple of other injuries but is expected to make a full recovery," Sheriff's Capt. Jeff Klatt said Sunday.

The driver, Robert G. Whitman, 47, of Baldwin, was not hurt.

According to the Sheriff's Office:

Whitman was driving west in the 2500 block of County Hwy. E when he hit the bike from behind as it headed in the same direction.

The collision sent the boy "through the windshield of the car," the Sheriff's Office statement read.

The driver immediately stopped and "rendered aid to Troy Ellsworth," the statement continued.

Whitman could be cited for the crash, which remains under investigation, Klatt said.