BRAMPTON TOWNSHIP, MI-- Authorities say a 12-year-old boy is dead after a four-wheeler he was riding on collided with a semi-truck in Delta County Sunday.
Sheriff’s deputies say the accident happened on M-35 near 26th Lane around 5:10 p.m.
Wesley James Rein of Brampton was a passenger on the four-wheeler. It was crossing the highway in Brampton Township when it struck a semi tractor-trailer driven by Scott Schwittay, 48, of Wisconsin.
Rein was pronounced dead at the scene. The operator of the four-wheeler—a 15-year-old Brampton resident—was treated at St. Francis Hospital and released.
The crash remains under investigation.
