CHEROKEE COUNTY, Alabama — Two parents from Rome were killed and seven children were injured Saturday in Cherokee County, Alabama, in an ATV accident, according to the local sheriff's office .
It happened at the Indian Mountain ATV Park. The Cherokee County, Alabama, Sheriff's Office said it involved a side-by-side RZR carrying the nine people hitting another RZR, then overturning and striking a tree. It happened in an area described as remote and difficult to access.
The driver was ejected and pronounced dead on scene. An adult female, who later died of her injuries, and three children were flown in medical helicopters to trauma centers in Birmingham, the sheriff's office said. Four of the other children were transported to Atrium-Floyd Medical Center in Rome.
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