Free helmets for school after student injured in bike crash

CENTRALIA, Wash. (AP) — After a student crashed his bike and received several head trauma, a parent group has provided nearly 200 students at a Centralia elementary school with new helmets.

Calah Huffman with the Parent Teacher Organization says that after the bike crash, the group wanted to make sure every child had a helmet.

The Chronicle of Centralia reports that the students received shiny, new red helmets last week after a safety assembly the Riverside Fire Authority's Assistant Chief Rick Mack.

The group raised more than $1,500 for the effort.___

Information from: The Chronicle, http://www.chronline.com