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Monday, May 11, 2015Area:
Fairbanks, AKNorth Pole police responded to a report of someone riding an ATV on the North Pole High School's football field at 1 in the morning. When police arrived they found Robert Bernard Merriweather, 28, sitting on his still functioning but heavily damaged ATV near the student parking lot entrance. Merriweather would not answer questions and attmepted to flee the scene, crashing the ATV again before he fled on foot. Police found him at his home at 1:45 a.m.
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Saturday, May 9, 2015Area:
Harrisonburg, VAA woman and a three-year-old boy were riding on an ATV on Old Staunton Road when the driver lost control, and the vehicle ran into a chain connected by two fence posts. The two were taken to a local hospital with facial injuries.
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Saturday, May 9, 2015Area:
Tulsa, OK14-year-old Lily Rhodes was riding on ATV with three friends at a birthday party when something, possibly a hole in the terrain, caused the vehicle to flip and eject all occupants. Of those involved, Rhodes sustained the worst injuries and had to have most of her arm amputated, though she should make a good recovery otherwise. One other girl on the ATV also had some serious injuries, and remains in the hospital with a broken vertebrae.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015Area:
Anchorage, AKMerna Spein was riding an ATV in Lower Kalskag when a collision caused her to be thrown from her vehicle. She suffered head injuries and was transported to a local medical center, but she entered cardiac arrest within 15 minutes of arrival at the medical center and was pronounced dead soon there after. Troopers believe that alcohol was a factor in the crash, but few details about the incident have been released.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015Area:
Portland-Auburn, MEOn Tuesday afternoon, Hailey Ramsey of Errol was riding an ATV out of a driveway when she entered the road and collided with an SUV. Ramsey sustained a serious but non-life-threatening injury and was taken to a hospital. The SUV driver was not injured in the accident.
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Sunday, May 3, 2015Area:
Anchorage, AKLawrence Moses was riding an ATV on Mission Hill Road, about two miles from the Yukon River community, when he apparently lost control of his vehicle and struck a tree. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Alcohol and excessive speed are believed to be factors in the crash.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015Area:
Evansville, INAccording to the Warrick County Sheriff's Office, Kolin Clutter, 13, died after an ATV accident Saturday in Lynnville. The boy was taken to St. Mary's Hospital after the accident, where he died from his injuries.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015Area:
Watertown, NY25-year-old Ethan R. Felshaw was driving a Yamaha ATV on Meyer Road when he somehow lost control and collided with two trees. He was thrown from the vehicle, and pronounced dead after being brought to the hospital via ambulance. Investigation continues to determine the cause of the accident.
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Thursday, April 30, 2015Area:
Fargo-Valley City, NDTwo men were killed in an ATV crash on a farmstead in Cass Couty. Authorities are attempting to determine how fast the vehicle was going during the crash. No identities will be released until their families have been notified.
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Thursday, April 30, 2015Area:
Rockford, IL20-year-old James C. Campbell was doing private contract work on the Canadian Pacific Railroad on Thursday morning, and was driving an ATV when a magnetic boom used to lift rail spikes lost control and swung into the vehicle. It caused the vehicle to overturn, and Campbell was ejected and died at the scene of a head injury.