ATV rider killed in Haywood County

 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Asheville Citizen-Times   
Monday, October 12, 2009

A Florida man was killed Sunday after his ATV slid off an embankment in a remote section of the Pisgah National Forest in Haywood County, according to Haywood County Sheriff's Department.

The victim was identified as Patrick Edward Harrell, 29, of Orange park, Fla.
Harrell was helping relatives repair the brakes on an ATV and took the vehicle out for a test drive on the gravel roads, said Detective Anthony Justice.

Harrell slid off Listening Cove Road near the intersection of Pegasus Place, a winding, steep section of road about 18 miles north of Clyde, Justice said. He fell about 30 feet off the embankment.

The Fines Creek Fire Department, Haywood County EMS, Haywood Rescue Squad and the sheriff’s office were dispatched to the scene around 6:45 p.m. Harrell was found dead at the bottom of a 30-foot high embankment. He was not wearing a helmet.

--

Source: http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009910120311


Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites
Del.icio.us! Google! Facebook! StumbleUpon!
 

State by State Momentum

Community Voices

“As a rancher who leases public lands for cattle, I’ve seen my share of cut fences and rangeland damaged by ORV use. I’ve also experienced ORV trespass onto my private lands. But I’ve had no way to identify the culprits when reporting trespass or illegal ORV use to local law enforcement. Congress should require that ORVs used on public lands have visible identification plates or decals. Doing so would remove the anonymity enjoyed by ORV riders who are bent on breaking the rules.”

- Ambers Thornburgh, second-generation rancher from Oregon who grazes cattle on his private land and adjacent lands leased from the Bureau of Land Management