7 Year-Old Dies in Hillsboro Dirt Bike Accident

A dirt bike adventure turned into a tragic event for a Hillsboro family over the weekend.
According to Coffee County authorities, a dad and his son were riding a dirt bike in the family yard on Saturday afternoon when tragedy struck.
Allegedly the bike they were riding on ran into a barbed wire that was between two trees and the wire wrapped around 7 year-old’s throat.
According to reports the father called 911 and performed CPR on his son. Coffee County Emergency Services arrived at the scene and rushed the boy to Unity Medical Center in Manchester where he apparently died a short time later.
As of late Sunday afternoon, identities had not been released by the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department.