Four-year-old dead in northern Wisconsin after ATV crash involving three under the age of ten
PELICAN, Wis. (WFRV) – Three individuals under the age of ten were involved in an ATV crash on Saturday night that left a four-year-old dead in Oneida County.
According to the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received a report of an ATV accident off of Ruckert Road in the town of Pelican, just outside of Rhinelander.
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Eyewitnesses reported that an ATV occupied by three passengers had rolled over, trapping one under the vehicle. The passengers were nine, seven, and four years old, with the four-year-old trapped underneath.
Witnesses attempted life-saving measures, but tragically, the four-year-old passenger was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is completing an accident report.
No additional details were provided.
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