ATV Accident Sends Teenager to Trauma Center After Rollover

ATV Accident Sends Teenager to Trauma Center After Rollover

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ALEXANDRIA (WJON News) -- A teenage boy suffered life-threatening injuries in a side-by-side ATV crash early Friday morning.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says dispatchers received a call at about 12:40 a.m. for an overturned UTV with the driver unresponsive.

Alexandria Police and North Ambulance responded to the area of Geneva Road and Douglas County Road 20.

Emergency responders found a 17-year-old boy in the driver's seat.  They removed him from the machine and started life-saving measures. The sheriff's office says the teen was belted in but was not wearing a helmet.

The boy was taken to Alomere Hospital for treatment but was then airlifted to a trauma center.

 

 

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