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Child Killed in ATV Crash
Comments 0 | Recommend 0Authorities are investigating a fatal ATV crash that happened on the Prentice Cooper Wildlife Management Area on Suck Creek Mountain.
It happened Saturday, July 4th around 12:30 pm according to Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency spokesperson Dan Hicks. Hicks said that a father & son from Chattanooga were riding a single ATV... the father was operating the ATV with his 12-year-old son riding behind him.
The father apparently lost control of the vehicle, left the roadway and hit a tree.
The 12-year-old was killed in spite of the fact that he was wearing a helmet.
Hicks didn't know if the father was wearing a helmet or not. He suffered leg injuries and is currently hospitalized at Erlanger.
TWRA has not released the names of the victims.
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