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.

Authorities say a 13-year-old boy is dead after being struck in the chest by a firework on the Fourth of July. According to the Mahnomen County Sheriff's Office, the incident happened around 11 p.m. in Naytahwaush — a small community located on North Twin Lake, about 10 miles east of Mahnomen in northwest Minnesota.

A 13-year-old Naytahwaush, Minn., boy was pronounced dead after a lit firework he was holding went off and struck him in the chest, according to a Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office press release.