One Arrested After Fatal ATV Accident Involving Teen in Hubbard County

STEAMBOAT RIVER TOWNSHIP (KDLM) – A 21-year-old man has been arrested after providing alcohol to a minor who later died in an ATV accident in Hubbard County, Saturday.

The Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office was called to an ATV crash on Saturday, Oct. 9 in Steamboat River Township. CPR was performed on the victim, who was identived as 19 year-old, Brandon Czanstkowki of Buffalo, MN, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The investigation showed that Czanstkowski and others in the group were travelling east on the East Steamboat Forest Road at a high rate of speed. Czanstkowski’s 2015 Can Am 1000cc ATV entered into a curve when he lost control and struck a tree. Czanstkowski was wearing a helmet but sustained major head trauma from the impact. Alcohol appeared to be a factor in the crash.

Deputies arrested 21-year-old, Tyler Willette of Watertown, MN for a felony level crime of providing alcohol to a person under the age of 21. Willette was transported to the Hubbard County Jail and was arraigned in District Court on Monday.

The incident remains under investigation.