A Labor Day weekend outing turns deadly Saturday

A single vehicle accident in the ATV Park at Indian Mountain Saturday afternoon at 3:45 resulted in 7 children being injured, 2 adults fatally injured. Cherokee County Coroner Paul McDonald was called to the scene to pronounce the male driver of a Razor ATV deceased. An adult female passenger was critically injured and airlifted to a Birmingham trauma center where she succumbed to her injuries.

A total of 4 medical helicopters were brought to the scene with some victims being airlifted to Birmingham with one reported flown to Children’s of Atlanta. At least 3 ground transport ambulances were called to the scene.

Due to the remote location and the number injuries, it took more than 2 hours for the last subjects to be transported. The last

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