LAPLATA (Jan. 8, 2007) - At 12:46 p.m. Jan. 6, Charles County Sheriff’s officers responded to a residence in the 12200 block of Little Rock Place in La Plata for the report of an accidental injury.
Investigation revealed a 2-year-old boy operating a Baja Wilderness 50 four-wheeler in the front yard of his residence.
The vehicle is designed for children between 6- and 12-years-old and is equipped with a remote cut-off switch.
When the boy’s mother turned the ATV off by the remote, the ATV came to a stop but the front wheels turned, causing the ATV to overturn on the boy.
The boy was taken by ambulance to Civista Medical Center and then flown by a helicopter to Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., where he was pronounced dead at 4:21 p.m.
He was wearing a helmet. His parents were not charged with a crime.
Officer J. Timko is investigating.