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15-year-old boy dies in 4-wheeler crash
Posted: 08.26.2011 at 5:35 PM Updated: 08.27.2011 at 11:50 AM
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CHOCOLAY TOWNSHIP -- Chocolay Township Police have released the name of the 15-year-old boy killed while riding a 4-wheeler near Heidtman Road in West Branch Township.

Fifteen-year-old Jake Prevost died in a crash while riding his 4-wheeler near Heidtman Road in Chocolay Township.

The Chocolay Township Police Department was called on Friday around 1 p.m. by the boy's mother who said he had not come home from a ride on his 4-wheeler. 

The boy's body was found near Heidtman Road, and the initial investigation indicated that he hit a tree during a crash.  He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

The crash is still under investigation.

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