Crime & Safety

Ellington Teenager Air-Lifted to Hospital Following Dirt Bike Crash

The 15-year-old boy reportedly crashed into a tree on a homemade track Sunday.

An Ellington teenager was taken to the hospital via a Life Star helicopter after crashing his dirt bike into a tree on a homemade track Sunday, according to NBC Connecticut.

NBC reports that police arrived on the scene, in the area of Grant Hill Road in Coventry, at 10:24 a.m. Sunday and the 15-year-old boy was airlifted to Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.

Read more at NBC Connecticut here.

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