Plymouth Teen Dies after Sustaining Head Injury

Officials with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department and the Marshall and Allen County Coroner’s Offices are investigating the death of a 13-year-old boy who reportedly fell off his bicycle and sustained a head injury.

On Friday, June 9, just before 5 p.m., deputies from the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene at the Inwood Mobile Home Park on Hawthorn Road just south of U.S. 30 in Plymouth. Police say they received information that a 13-year-old boy fell from a bicycle and struck his head on the ground near part of the driveway of the park.

The teenager was flown from the scene by helicopter to Fort Wayne Lutheran Hospital. He was later pronounced dead.

No other details are available at this time. The incident remains under investigation.

The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department was assisted at the scene by the Bourbon Police Department, Plymouth Fire and EMS, and Lutheran Air.