Boy riding dirt bike critically injured after head-on crash with pickup in Andover

A juvenile male is seriously injured after getting in a head-on crash with a pickup truck Saturday afternoon in Andover.

According to the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office, emergency personnel responded to a report of a crash around 3:36 p.m. on the 2700 block of 172nd Avenue Northwest. When crews arrived, they found a juvenile male unconscious and critically injured.

An initial crash investigation indicates that the boy was riding a dirt bike and collided with a Ford F350 pickup truck driven by an adult male on 172nd Avenue.

Paramedics performed life-saving procedures on the boy before he was airlifted to Hennepin County Medical Center in critical condition. The driver of the truck was unharmed.