Boy, 6, killed when ATV snags cape

A 6-year-old boy died when his Batman cape was caught up in an all-terrain vehicle and choked him, authorities said.

Dawson Grant was playing with his small ATV Sunday morning when a cape he was wearing became entangled in the vehicle’s sprocket and axle, Sequatchie County Deputy Chief Clint Walker said Monday.

“It pulled him off the back of the four-wheeler and basically strangled him,” Walker said.

Walker said neighbors tried to help and the child was taken to a nearby medical facility where he was pronounced dead.

Sheriff Ronnie Hitchcock said it was “a freak accident.”