An ATV accident Saturday in Stephens County seriously injured a Charleston, South Carolina, teenager.
The 16-year-old boy was driving a 2002 Honda ATV “at a high rate of speed” on uneven terrain when the vehicle overturned, the Georgia State Patrol says. The boy was thrown from the vehicle.
The accident happened around 5:13 p.m. at a private residence on South Pond Street.
Paramedics airlifted the injured teen to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville.
The ATV accident was the second serious crash Post 7 troopers were called on to investigate Saturday in Stephens County. Earlier in the day, they responded to a fatal motorcycle wreck on GA 17.
