MASON TOWNSHIP, Ill. (WCIA) -- A 15-year-old boy from Watson was airlifted to a hospital following an ATV vs. semi-truck crash in Effingham County Monday evening.

According to the Effingham County Sheriff's Office, at approximately 5:26 p.m. on Sept. 29, the 15-year-old was driving a Honda ATV and traveling southeast alongside 750th Street in Mason Township, and a 67-year-old man from Mason was driving a Ford semi-truck heading north on 750th Street.

According to the semi-truck driver, the boy was looking down and adjusting the carburetor on the four-wheeler, and he was not looking at the road as he drove ahead. The ATV then entered the roadway and immediately struck the front of the semi-truck. The crash happened on 750th Street, approximately an eighth of a mile north of 375th Avenue,

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