Boy, 9, dies in crash of ATV operated by 10-year-old
A 9-year-old died following a side-by-side ATV accident in Morrison County on Sunday evening.[Kevin.B / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 MGN ]
HILLMAN, Minn. (AP) – A 9-year-old boy died and a 10-year-old boy suffered minor injuries in an ATV crash in central Minnesota. The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office says the 10-year-old was operating the side-by-side ATV near a cornfield in Lakin Township on Sunday evening when he lost control and the vehicle flipped.
Both boys were thrown from the vehicle and the 9-year-old died at the scene.
The crash is being investigated and additional details about the boys were not being released.