Boy on dirt bike critically hurt in Andover crash with pickup truck

The boy was airlifted to HCMC in Minneapolis in critical condition, the Anoka County Sheriff's Office said.

October 11, 2020 at 12:01AM

A boy on a dirt bike was critically injured Saturday afternoon in a head-on collision with a pickup truck in Andover.

The boy was airlifted to HCMC in Minneapolis in critical condition, the Anoka County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. The man driving the pickup truck was not injured.

The crash occurred shortly before 3:36 p.m. in the 2700 block of NW. 172nd Avenue. Emergency responders found the boy unconscious and treated him before he was airlifted.

The State Patrol and the Sheriff's Office are investigating.

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