NEW HARTFORD, Minn — Two children, age 9 and 6, were injured when a dirt bike driven by their dad crashed into a tree. The impact ejected all three off the bike – the father at the handlebars, one boy on his lap, the other hanging on to his waist. None was helmeted. The 9-year-old boy had a possible head injury and was taken 16 miles to a LaCrosse hospital. Both boys also had minor cuts and scrapes. The father, Dylan James Fairey, age 37, suffered a possible concussion and also was taken to the hospital. Winona County deputies decided against any legal action, noting that the law doesn’t require helmets on private property. This was in the 31000 block of County Road 5.
