Indiana

Rod Rowe

NORTH WEBSTER, Ind. – A young man who fled from sheriff’s deputies drowned early Sunday at Irish Lake.

According to a report by the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, a North Webster police officer was called to Lake Estates Mobile Home Park at 5:05 a.m. Sunday on a report of a suspicious person. Officers located an all-terrain vehicle in a roadway and a short time later a pickup truck with a trailer arrived.

As March rolls around, the return of warmer temperatures is quickly approaching.

More pleasant weather for being outdoors likely will lead to an increase in the use of all-terrain vehicles. And with that comes the reality that many people either will be unversed on safe use of those ATVs or simply will choose to ignore safety precautions.

Inattentiveness to such precautions means a user is taking a big risk of becoming a victim and a statistic.

Authorities say it was a wild ride Friday night when local residents near county roads 500 South and 425 East west of Waldron called the Shelby County Sheriff's Department at about 9 p.m. to investigate a report of four-wheelers trespassing and riding up and down the Rockies Express pipeline property.

Responding officers and the riders played a brief game of cat-and-mouse, with the officers spotlighting one rider on a blue ATV, who stared at the officer and kept going, according to police reports.

Noblesville teen's injuries in hit-and-run incident are part of rise in ATV injuries in U.S.

Rosalyn Demaree

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- A national rise in ATV injuries and deaths has become personal in northern Hamilton County.

An Arcadia teenager fought Tuesday to overcome critical injuries as the Cicero man accused of driving the van that struck his all-terrain vehicle on a rural road early Saturday went to court to face three felony charges.

Benjamin Lacey, 37, is in the Hamilton County Jail, charged with leaving the scene of a personal-injury accident and obstruction of justice. Bond was set at $10,000.

Cat Andersen

Arcadia - Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputies are looking for the hit-and-run driver who slammed into a 17-year-old boy, who was riding a 4-wheel all-terrain-vehicle.

Deputies say it happened around 12:45 a.m. Saturday in Arcadia near the corner of 256th Street and Devaney Road.

Amber L. Tomlinson

A Rensselaer man is scheduled for an initial hearing Nov. 10 after he was arrested for resisting/fleeing law enforcement, according to court documents.

Riley Scott Cook, 20, was arrested Oct. 19 by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources after he fled from law enforcement while driving an ATV, according to police.

Carol Johnson

Bedford -- An all-terrain vehicle can go just about anywhere. And that's becoming a problem for landowners.

Landowner Dave Wagner lives in eastern Lawrence County near Fort Ritner. He owns 1,000 acres and part of his land is above and below the Tunnelton Tunnel, a favorite spot for ATV riders.