The Times-Tribune – Jessup ATV wreck hurts Delaware County boy, 9
A 9-year-old boy visiting Northeastern Pennsylvania with his family to ride all-terrain vehicles suffered head injuries after being thrown from an ATV on Sunday.Click Here!
The boy was admitted to Community Medical Center and required more than 100 stitches to his head.The youth was riding in a former coal-mining area off Sunnyside Drive, said Jessup police Officer Paul Nardozzi.
About 12:30 p.m., the boy was driving the ATV as it hit a hole in the road that bounced him off the vehicle, Officer Nardozzi said. Although the boy was wearing a helmet, it was not fastened and flew off. The boy suffered several cuts and bruises, including a deep laceration to the back of his head, but was conscious, Officer Nardozzi said.