AMHERST, N.Y. -- Police said a 17-year-old from Niagara County was hit by a vehicle around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday while he was riding a bicycle on Millersport Highway in Amherst.
Police said Thomas T. Schwarzmueller of Wilson was rushed to Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital and then transferred to Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, where he is in critical condition.
The driver of the vehicle was not hurt.
The crash closed down Millersport Highway between North Forest Road to Route 270 for about an hour. The road has since reopened.