NAYTAHWAUSH, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) – A 13-year-old boy died after a fireworks accident on the 4th of July. The Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office says shortly after 11 p.m., deputies responded to a distress call at a home in Naytahwaush. Witnesses say Michael Turner was holding a large firework and pointing it away from himself while it was lit.

According to witnesses, the teen was holding a large firework, pointing it away from himself while it was lit. When it went off, it shot through the bottom of the tube and hit him in the chest.

A 13-year-old boy has died after being struck by a firework in northwestern Minnesota on Friday night, according to the Mahnomen County Sheriff's Office.