According to Rockport State Park Assistant Manager Kevin Taylor, over last weekend, two separate off-highway vehicle (OHV) accidents injured five people, three of whom had to be airlifted to Salt Lake Valley hospitals.
He said that the incidents have become commonplace on busy summer weekends in Summit County and that they respond to one or two OHV accidents every weekend.
On Friday night, there was an OHV accident on the Chalk Creek Road near Coalville resulting in a 16-year-old male being airlifted to Intermountain Medical Center and the 25 year old female driver driven by a relative to the Park City Medical Center.
On Saturday night rescuers were called out to the scene of an OHV accident where a driver had lost control of a the vehicle while traveling downhill on Hoyt’s Peak near Marion and all three occupants were ejected and injured. The 44 year old man and two children aged 12 and 9, had to be airlifted to hospital.
Taylor said that none of the occupants were wearing helmets or seat restraints and it was likely they were speeding and that riders and passengers should wear helmets, only ride on designated routes, ride on the right side of the road and in single file and be alert to oncoming traffic.
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