6-year-old Michigan boy airlifted to hospital after ATV crash

COLON TOWNSHIP, MI - A 6-year-old southwest Michigan boy is in the hospital after crashing an all-terrain vehicle.

It happened Sunday morning on Ferrand Road in Colon Township.

The St. Joseph county sheriff's office says Benjamin O'Connell was riding the ATV up a dirt mound, when the machine turned sideways, then rolled over.

O'Connell was airlifted to Bronson Hospital.

There's no word on his condition.

Investigators say the boy wore a helmet.

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