VSP investigating deadly ATV crash in Pittsylvania Co.

PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY (WSLS 10) State Police say a 13-year-old is dead after an ATV crash in Pittsylvania County.

It happened Thursday around 5:30 p.m. on private property in the 800 block of Cascade Mill Road.

Police say a juvenile was driving the ATV on a private gravel driveway when he ran off the right side of the driveway and hit a tree.

The passenger, 13-year-old Christopher Andrew Bowden of Cascade, VA, was not wearing a helmet and died at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation and police say charges are pending.