A 13-year-old male from Afton was injured Saturday evening during a collision between an UTV (Utility Terrain Vehicle) and a pickup truck, in Union County. The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports a 2020 Kawasaki Mule UTV driven by Clayton W. Toppin, was coming out of his family’s farm field entrance, and failed to see a 2022 Ford F-250 driven by 57-year-old Dean Earl Wittstock, of Afton, traveling north on 130th Street, within the Afton City limits. The UTV hit the pickup on its passenger side.

The impact spun the pickup around on the road, causing the back of the vehicle into the east ditch. The crash happened at around 5-p.m., Saturday. Following the collision, Toppin complained of pain in his right arm, and believed it to be broken. He was flown to Blank Children’s Hospital by Mercy One Air Ambulance. Authorities say Wittstock was not injured. Damage to the UTV was estimated at $2,000.

The pickup sustained $4,000 damage. No citations were issued.