A teenager rushed into traffic and was struck by a car on Grand Avenue near Milwaukee Street in downtown Port Washington late Dec. 26, according to police.

    The youth suffered a head injury and was taken to the hospital. He was released by the following day, police said.

    The accident occurred about 5:25 p.m. in front of Tello’s restaurant when a 21-year-old man was driving on Grand Avenue.

    He told officers he was driving around another vehicle that was in the process of parking when the youth ran into traffic, striking his 2009 Mazda, according to police.
    Witnesses said the youth ran out from the driveway at Tello’s, police said.
    The teenager suffered contusions to his head.

    He later told his parents he parked his bike near Tello’s and was running across the street to a gas station when the accident occurred, police said.