ATV driver seriously injured in Crook County rollover crash
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Portland man suffered a severe arm injury in an ATV rollover crash on Sunday at Walton Lake Sno-Park, an official said.
Deputies were dispatched around 11:15 a.m. Sunday to the reported ATV crash in the gravel pit at the sno-park, located on the Ochoco National Forest about 15 miles east of Prineville, Crook County Undersheriff Bill Elliott said in a news release.
When deputies arrived on the scene, they found a Polaris side-by-side that was lying on its top.
The driver, a 32-year-old Portland man, had accelerated the ATV and began losing control, Elliott said.
“The ATV fishtailed in an arc until it rolled once, landing on its top,” the undersheriff said. “The driver’s arm was stuck under the ATV, causing severe injury to his left arm.”
A juvenile passenger in the vehicle was not injured.
Crook County Fire and Rescue arrived and provided medical care until Air Life could land and take the driver to the hospital.
Elliott added, “There were no signs of drug or alcohol use during this incident, and everyone in the ATV was wearing a seat belt.”