Teen boy who died after falling off hood of moving car ID’d
MILBANK, S.D. – Authorities have identified a Milbank teenager who died after falling off the hood of a moving car in Grant County.
The Highway Patrol says 16-year-old Tanner Schwagel was riding on the hood as the car travelled along a rural road, and his foot got caught on the front bumper and he was dragged beneath the vehicle.
It happened shortly before 10:30 a.m. Sunday, about 5 1/2 miles southeast of Milbank. Schwagel died at a Sioux Falls hospital.
The patrol says charges are pending against the 16-year-old boy who was driving the car.
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