Child injured in Freeborn County UTV crash
December 3, 2021 9:32AM CST
A child was seriously injured in a UTV crash Monday evening in Freeborn County.
The crash happened at the intersection of County Rd 34 & County Rd 19 just after 5 p.m.
The victim was a 6-year-old Austin girl, according to the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office. The child was thrown from the vehicle when the driver made a sudden turn to avoid hitting a fence, a sheriff’s spokesperson confirmed.
The girl was treated at the scene, then airlifted to a Rochester facility.
The driver, a 10-year-old boy, sustained minor injuries.
Neither child was wearing a helmet or a seat belt, according to the sheriff’s office.
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