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Monday, April 20, 2015Area:
Oklahoma City, OKIt was about 7:15 p.m. when a 14-year-old boy was driving an ATV through a pasture in Caddo County and crashed into a cow. As he was not wearing a helmet or a seat belt, his vehicle flipped and he sustained a severe head injury. Responders pronounced him dead at the scene.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015Area:
Phoenix, AZTwo men were riding the an off-road vehicle near 99th and Glendale avenues around 7:40 p.m. Wednesday when the driver, identified as Jeovanny Mendieta, 40, failed to properly negotiate a curve, which cause the vehicle to flip. Mendieta was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger, a 27-year-old man, sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
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Friday, October 31, 2014Area:
Tulsa, OKQuinton resident James Cook, 50, is deceased after crashing his utility-terrain vehicle near Lake Eufaula on Friday at approximately 9:30 p.m. Cook and two passengers were riding on a beach about two miles south of Crowder when Cook lost control of the vehicle. Cook was ejected from the UTV after it rolled on its passenger side. Cook died at the scene. The two passengers, Jared Howell, 34, and Christopher Hoffman, 38, were not injured in the accident.
Julia Flannagan, 15, and Lindsey Fullard, 14, seriously injured in ATV accident in White Springs, FL
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Sunday, August 31, 2014Area:
Jacksonville, FLTwo of the three girls, driver Flannagan and passenger Fullard, were thrown from the vehicle during the crash. None of the girls were wearing helmets or using safety belts. Flannagan and Fullard were taken to Shand UF in serious condition.
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Friday, January 31, 2014Area:
Austin, TXA man is dead after an ATV accident in Marble Falls on Saturday.
Officials say a man in his early 30s was involved in an accident at Hidden Falls Adventure Park. He was driving around with his son and friends in a homemade ATV-type vehicle when he was involved in an accident.
Officials say the man was partially ejected from the ATV and it landed on his chest, pinning him under. When the Marble Falls Volunteer Fire Department arrived, they pronounced him dead at the scene. Firefighters say the man was not wearing a seatbelt.