Teenage boy was biking to visit friend before fatal crash

A teenage boy is dead after crashing his dirt bike into a pickup truck in Blaine on Sunday evening.

A spokesperson for the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office said the boy was on a motorized dirt bike going south on Sunset Avenue Northeast around 6:05 p.m. when it crashed into a pickup truck turning west onto 103rd Lane Northeast.

The boy was declared dead at the scene. He was identified Tuesday as Artem Sandulyak, 15.

A GoFundMe for his family said Artem was on his way to visit a friend when the crash happened. The fundraiser can be found HERE.

The driver and passenger of the pickup truck were uninjured. The crash is under investigation.