Kankakee County Sheriff’s Police and the County Coroner are investigating the death of an 8-year-old boy killed when an ATV he was on caught fire. The Sunday afternoon incident happened in Pembroke Township. 

The Coroner’s office identified the boy as Dedrich T. Vazquez of Bolingbrook. A press release stated the boy was dead at the scene. Two juveniles were riding the ATV in the 12000 block of Central Avenue when the vehicle caught fire. The driver of the ATV, a 13-year-old boy, was able to escape the unit.

The sheriff department and Pembroke Fire answered a dispatch to the location about 2:15 pm Sunday. An autopsy was planned.

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