RIDGEWAY, Minn. — A youth was airlifted out of remote terrain after falling from the back of a four-heeler. This was off County Road 13 near the Houston County line. The youth, age 18, suffered face cuts, said Winona County deputies. The youth was out looking for a fellow teenager who was late coming home on her own four-wheeler. This was after dark, about 9:30 p.m. The missing teen, a girl, age 13, who had overturned, was found later by deputies and taken by ground ambulance to a hospital. Deputies said the youth with the face injuries was riding in t he back rack of a four-wheeler driven by family member. As he scanned for signs of the missing girl, the door of the rack flung open. He was struck in the face. Neither his injuries nor those of the missing girl appeared life-threatening, deputies said.
