An 8-year-old student was struck by a vehicle near Mark Twain Elementary Wednesday afternoon.

According to the St. Joseph Police Department, the 8-year-old boy was heading home on a bike around 3:30 p.m. in the 3000 block of Parkway A and traveled off the grassy area into the road and was struck by an oncoming vehicle.

The child was transported to Mosaic Life Care with moderate, non-life threatening injuries.

According to police, no charges will be filed as witness statements say the driver was not driving recklessly.