Child dies in ATV accident

A 7-year-old boy died in an ATV crash Friday, May 21 in southern Carlton County.

According to a Carlton County press release, Drew Nordstrom was a backseat passenger in a side-by-side ATV that rolled over and on top of him.

Sheriff’s office deputies, members of the Moose Lake Fire Department and Essentia EMS responded to the crash on private property off County Road 13 in Moose Lake Township at 6:21 p.m. Friday. The ATV was traveling down a slight hill when the juvenile female driver lost control and it rolled. A juvenile female front seat passenger sustained non-life threatening injuries and was transported by Essentia EMS to Essentia Hospital in Moose Lake. The driver was uninjured.

The occupants of ATV were not wearing seatbelts or helmets. Also assisting were the Moose Lake Police Department, Minnesota State Patrol, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office. The crash remains under investigation by the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office.