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A 10-year-old boy on a bicycle collided into a pickup truck on the East Side Tuesday afternoon, and the driver left before police arrived, according to Madison police.

The driver, however, saw a TV report about the incident Tuesday night, and called police to say he might have been the one involved in the crash.

Around 12:30 p.m., the boy was biking down a hill on Oakridge Avenue and didn't stop for a stop sign at Atwood Avenue, according to witnesses to the crash.

The boy hit a full-size red pickup truck on Atwood Avenue, and the driver, who stopped momentarily, left before police got there, according to authorities.

Police spokesman Joel DeSpain said the boy was on his bike and was following his dad, who was running. The dad crossed the street as the pickup truck driver waited for him to cross, then proceeded to drive after he crossed the street.

The boy started across and hit the rear part of the truck; the boy's dad told police it was possible his son didn't stop, DeSpain said.

The boy received non-life threatening injuries to his head as a result of the collision, police said.

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