Ashton Tafoya, 15, died after the ATV he was driving flipped and landed on him while climbing a steep hill in Anderson County, South Carolina
15-year-old riding ATV with friend dies after it flips on steep hill, SC officials say
Ashton Tafoya, 15, was riding the four-wheeler up a “steep hill” with a friend near his home in Belton on May 26 when the accident happened, the Anderson County Coroner’s Office said in a news release.
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