Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch reports that at 3:02 p.m. Sunday, May 16, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an ATV crash with injury near the Bull Moose Trail in Bull Moose Township, rural Backus.
Deputies and responders arrived on scene and learned that a 37-year-old man from Swanville was operating a 2007 Suzuki 450 ATV when he lost control and was ejected from the machine. The victim was treated on scene and transported to the hospital in Brainerd with serious but nonlife-threatening injuries.
The victim was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
Assisting on the scene were the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officers, Pine River Fire Department, North Memorial Ambulance and Air Care.
