A teenager has died following a single-vehicle crash just across the border in Lincoln County, South Dakota — and authorities say the group involved drove the injured boy into Hawarden for help.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, one mile southeast of Hudson. An 18-year-old Rock Valley man was driving a 2011 Ford F-250 north on 488th Avenue while pulling a male on a snowboard.
Investigators say the snowboarder fell, and as the truck stopped and began backing up, a 14-year-old boy riding in the bed of the pickup fell out and was struck. The group transported the injured teen to Hawarden Regional Healthcare, where he later died of his injuries…