A 9-year-old boy was killed after he was pinned beneath the ATV he was driving in rural Morris within the far southwest suburbs.
Authorities have been referred to as about 11:38 a.m. June 22 for a severe ATV crash within the 3800 block of North Dwight Road, the Grundy County sheriff’s workplace stated in a press release.
Nicholas Ryan Harris was discovered pinned beneath an overturned ATV carrying a helmet, the sheriff’s workplace and Cook County medical expert’s workplace stated. Police, fireplace and EMS employees freed the kid and took him to Morris Hospital.
Nicholas was then airlifted to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, the place he was pronounced useless 12:55 a.m. on June 25, authorities stated. He lived in the identical block because the crash.
An post-mortem launched Wednesday discovered Nicholas died of traumatic asphyxia from the crash, the medical expert’s workplace stated.
“Our deepest sympathy and condolences go out to this family,” the sheriff’s workplace stated.