ELY — A person was pulled from their burning vehicle by bystanders and later airlifted to a Duluth hospital after a crash near Ely on Friday afternoon.

According to a news release from the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office, authorities were dispatched to a report of a single-vehicle rollover in the 1500 block of the Echo Trail just before 3 p.m. on Friday.

Bystanders reported hearing a crash and seeing one vehicle nearly run another off the road before it careened into a ditch, struck a ledge, and rolled. The vehicle caught fire, and bystanders took the victim out before it spread throughout the vehicle.

The victim and lone occupant of the vehicle was treated for a head injury, transported to the Ely Hospital and subsequently airlifted to Duluth.

Identification of the victim was not pr

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