Cody Ward, the 7-year-old boy who was struck by a pickup truck last week in Balsam Lake, Wis., died Wednesday at Gillette Children’s Hospital in St. Paul, according to police.

The boy, the son of Harlene Fitzpatrick of rural St. Croix Falls, had apparently attempted to cross Highway 46/Main Street in Balsam Lake during moderately heavy traffic. Witnesses said the boy darted into traffic unexpectedly.

According to a Polk County Sheriff’s Department press release, the boy was airlifted from the scene to Regions Hospital in St. Paul and had been transferred to Gillette Children’s Hospital.

Cody L. Turnquist, 18, of Centuria, was the driver of the pickup.

The incident is still under investigation by the Balsam Lake Police Department and the Polk County Sheriff's Department.

—From press release