7-year-old dies after emergency responders receive call for unresponsive child in Rothsay

March 15, 2024 at 4:18 PM

ROTHSAY, Minn. 鈥� A 7-year-old child in Rothsay was pronounced dead on Wednesday, March 13, after emergency responders received a call for an unresponsive child.

According to a press release from the Wilkin County Sheriff鈥檚 Office, Otter Tail County Emergency Dispatch received the call from the 100 block of Second Avenue Northwest in Rothsay around 2:58 p.m. Wednesday.

Rothsay Rescue responded, and CPR was in progress when crew members arrived, the release said. The child was transported to Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls, where the child was pronounced dead.

The child鈥檚 body was taken to the Midwest Medical Examiner鈥檚 Office for an autopsy. An investigation is pending autopsy results, said the release.

Rothsay is roughy 43 miles southeast of Fargo.

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