14-year-old girl dies after Nicollet County tractor accident
A 14-year-old girl is dead after a tractor accident in Nicollet County.
KTOE-AM reports that a 16-year-old boy of North Mankato, Minn., was driving the tractor westbound on Highway 99 Thursday night with the girl as a passenger.
The Minnesota State Patrol reported that the boy hit a bump, lost control of the tractor and went into a ditch just after 10:40 p.m.
The girl, who lived in Mankato, was taken to a hospital where she died from her injuries. The boy was also taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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