Crash alert: 71-year-old man killed in ATV accident near Springfield
PAPILLION, NE – Authorities in Sarpy County say a man was killed in the crash of an all-terrain vehicle last week.
According to KETV, deputies arrived on the scene in the area of 120th Street and Platteview Road about a mile west of Springfield Thursday night at about 9:20 p.m.
Investigators determined that the victim, 71-year-old Edward Smith, had been riding the ATV along a fence when the vehicle rolled and he was pinned.
First responders located Smith and attempted life-saving measures, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was in the ATV and no other vehicles were involved in the accident, which remains under investigation by the Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office.
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