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An animal control officer died in an ATV crash over the weekend. Paula Pentz, 47, of Coalville, died Sunday while trying to round up some horses that had wandered off her property in the Lost Creek Reservoir area. During the roundup Pentz crashed and the ATV landed on top of her. Pentz was pronounced deceased at the crash site.
5-year-old Jayden James Secrest was driving a child-sized ATV on his parent's property, with his friend Blake Lee Cronkhite, 3, riding on the back. At some point the boys were riding near a pond when they lost control and drove the ATV into it. Apparently though there were adults present, no one saw the boys drive into the pond, but as soon as their fathers saw the ATV floating in the water they rushed to the pond, pulled them ashore, and began CPR. Despite their efforts, both children were pronounced dead, with the cause of death listed as drowning.
63-year-old Karen Johnson was driving an ATV on the popular Hell's Revenge Trail in the area of Moab, UT, as part of a private group. As Johnson attempted a challenging climb up an obstacle known as a "hot tub", the vehicle lost traction and rolled downward. After being airlifted to a nearby hospital, Johnson, who was not wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead.
On Saturday afternoon, 30-year-old Christopher Hower of Ely, Nevada was photographing a rock crawling competition when a four-wheel-drive vehicle went off a jump and struck him. Authorities say Hower was in an unauthorized area of the track when the accident occurred in the Black Ridge area, which is about 15 miles south of Moab.
A father and son were riding two separate ATVs on Polk County Road 81 while on vacation from Huntsville. The boy was driving one of the ATVs when it ran into the back of the vehicle driven by his father. The boy was ejected and died at the scene.
The ATV crash occurred around 4:38 p.m. at the 3 Palms Action Sports Park on Interstate 45. "A.J." Allen Martin Jeffrey Gilbert, from Hartsel, Colorado, attempted a jump on a dirt track, landed incorrectly, and the vehicle landed on Gilbert. He died instantly.
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