This is horrible. Why wasn’t he wearing a seat belt?

This is such a tragic, horrible thing to have happen. As a parent I can’t imagine the heartache and horrible pain the family is going through at this time. So very sad.

Thoughts and prayers to the family of this little angel.

Proper use of a car or booster seat or seat belt use would have prevented this.

People who are buckled up do not get ejected.

i heard he was wearing seat belt

How sad- thoughts are with his family. Sounds like something wasn’t right with the seat belt situation.

Until more details are released, why did WCCO feel the need to publish this story? This type of sensationalistic journalism is what’s wrong with 24-hour new service. A story without all of the facts is released, leaving people to wonder the details. Who (we don’t know), What (some sort of accident), When (some time today maybe, not sure), Where (that we know), & How (unclear, taking the story from another website). Very poor (failing grade).

I HAVE 3 KIDS MYSELF. I CANT IMAGINE THE SADNESS THIS FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. GOD BLESS THEM.

Teenager killed after being ejected from car
Published 1:30pm Wednesday, June 8, 2011

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.NEW RICHLAND — A 16-year-old boy was killed Tuesday after he was ejected from a car that went off the road about five miles west of New Richland.

The teenager, Russell L. Witke, of New Richland, was pronounced dead at the scene on Highway 30 near 80th Street in Waseca County.

Authorities with the Minnesota State Patrol and the Waseca County Sheriff’s Office are still investigating whether Witke was the driver or the passenger of the car, a 1998 Pontiac Grand Am.

No other details about the crash, including what direction the car was traveling, were available as of Wednesday afternoon.

Look to the Tribune for more information as it becomes available

Maybe WCCO should stop reporting on things they don’t know the details of….this was NOT a boy it was a teenager….a 16 year old to be exact.