KSP investigating fatal ATV accident

ROYALTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A fatal ATV collision occurred in Magoffin County in the evening of June 6, and KSP are now investigating.

Initial investigation, according to State Police, shows a male had been driving a 2011 Polaris on Gun Creek Rd. before it left the roadway and struck both a tree and utility pole. While overturning several times down an embankment, the operator of the ATV was ejected from the vehicle and later transported to Highland Regional Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries. 

The ATV’s passenger was not so lucky, says KSP, and was pronounced dead on the scene by Magoffin coroner Mark Jenkins.