14-Year-Old Driver Extricated From Vehicle in Serious Crash Friday Night

POLK COUNTY, WI — Authorities had to extricate a 14-year-old driver with serious injuries from the car he was driving Friday night after he suffered a serious crash on Highway A in Polk County.

On April 7, at about 6:00 p.m., a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper responded to a one-vehicle crash with a person trapped inside the vehicle.

According to authorities, the vehicle was traveling east bound on County Highway A, west of 95th street, when the driver lost control of the vehicle where it entered the ditch and over turned.

According to reportss, the driver, a 14 year old who was the lone occupant, was not wearing their seat belt.

Members of the Deer Park Fire Department responded to the scene and the driver had to be extricated from the front passenger seat.

According to authorities on the scene, the driver sustained serious, but non-life threatening injuries. He was transported by ambulance to the Amery Hospital and then flown to Regions Hospital.

The crash remains under investigation by the WI State Patrol.

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