MORSE TWP- A 19-year-old ATV driver was flown to a Duluth hospital on Wednesday morning after landing his vehicle in a ditch along the 3000 block of Wolf Lake Rd. in Morse Township. The driver failed to navigate a left turn on the road. The ATV left the road and entered the ditch where it struck a tree. The driver was thrown from the vehicle, sustaining serious but non-life-threatening injuries. A St. Louis Sheriff’s Office statement related that the driver did not appear to be wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.
According to St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Sergeant K. Hanegmon, the driver believed he went off the road around 3 a.m. Since the time of the accident, he pulled himself out of the ditch to where he could be seen. “He was out there for about four hours before someone saw him,” Hanegmon told the Timberjay.
The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office, Morse-Fall Lake Fire Department, Morse First Responders, and Ely Area Ambulance responded to the accident at 7:19 a.m. after the driver was found by passers-by. The cause of the accident is under investigation.