Preliminary investigations indicated that the boy was driving a REX110 ATV with an 8-year-old passenger heading northbound on the sidewalk between the 900 and 1000 block of Mission Boulevard.

The crash happened at about 5:04 p.m. in the 900-block of Mission Boulevard, Joliet police said. A 6-year-old boy was driving a REX110 ATV on the sidewalk with an 8-year-old boy as a passenger. The ATV lost control and crashed into a tree, ejecting the 6-year-old off the vehicle, police said.

A 6-year-old boy died Saturday following an ATV crash in Joliet. Authorities responded just after 5 p.m. to the 900 block of Mission Boulevard on the report of an ATV crash. Police