PERU, IN – Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating an off-road vehicle (ORV) accident with injuries that occurred yesterday afternoon in Peru.

Miami County Dispatch received a 911 call at 3:30 p.m. regarding an incident that occurred in the 2000 block of North Country Club Road.

Preliminary investigation indicates that a 10-year-old was operating a side-by-side ORV in a field on private property when the accident occurred. A 13-year-old female passenger in the ORV was looking over the door toward the ground when she fell from the machine and was struck by it.

The passenger was conscious when first responders arrived and was airlifted to Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis with head injuries.

Conservation officers urge ORV operators and passengers to follow all manufactur

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