JOLIETT - A New Jersey man died Sunday after the all-terrain vehicle he was riding crashed in a wooded area in Porter Township.

It was the second fatal ATV crash in a week in Schuylkill County.

Around noon Sunday, Corey Mcintosh, 27, of Bridgewater, N.J., died from injuries he suffered when his four-wheel ATV crashed along Route 209, between Tower City and Joliett.

Pennsylvania State Trooper Bernard Spece of the Schuylkill Haven barracks said Mcintosh was riding with a group of others when he lost control of his ATV, causing the vehicle to travel off the dirt road and into the woods.

Mcintosh was knocked from his ATV when it struck a tree, Spece said.

Paramedics from West Schuylkill ALS, Tremont, treated Mcintosh at the scene and he was taken to a landing zone for an air medical helicopter at Route 209 and Interstate 81 a short distance away.

However, Spece said Mcintosh died in the ambulance while being treated and taken to the helicopter.

The crash occurred about a mile off of Route 209 in an area just outside Muir on private property leased by the Tower City Trail Riders off-road organization, Spece said. The group was riding on the land with permission.

Muir firefighters assisted at the scene, troopers said.

This is the second ATV-related death this month.

On Aug. 19, Joseph Ney, 13, of Good Spring, died after an accident in Porter Township.

That off-road accident occurred on a private driveway leading to Summit Anthracite, at the 612 Main St. property in Good Spring that leads from Route 125.

Trooper Chad Smith of the Schuylkill Haven station said Ney was riding on the road when he failed to see a steel cable hanging across the road.

The cable struck the boy's chest, killing him, Smith said.

Schuylkill County Coroner David J. Dutcavich said Ney died of blunt force trauma to the neck and spine and that the cause of death was accidental.

 

Thats some crazy stuff man. ALWAYS know the place you are riding before going ***** out. Crazy farmers or crazy neighbors do crazy things like, put ut a wire with no markings. We had a kid killed a few yrs back when a old man went kookoo and shot a kid off a dirt bike from the front porch of his house. The kid didnt even own the bike, he was visiting his friend that had the bike. They where riding on legal ground, the guy just hated the noise and went nuts. Too many crazy people in this world.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Fulltiltrider

We had a kid killed a few yrs back when a old man went kookoo and shot a kid off a dirt bike from the front porch of his house. The kid didnt even own the bike, he was visiting his friend that had the bike. They where riding on legal ground, the guy just hated the noise and went nuts. Too many crazy people in this world.</end quote></div>

That is crazy right there!
It wasn't even his ground?

 

No, the kid was riding across the street in an old strip mine. People rode there for yrs. This guy hated it and couldn't do anything about it because it was private property. He just snapped

 

I was riding my atv at full speed in the creek a couple years ago and there was this circle from a donut or burnout and I didn't know it was there and I hit it and got scratched up really bad [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

 

From Delaware County, NY

http://www.thedailystar.com/ne...28/pbfatalfriday8.html

 

I am sorry to hear that. I am a member of tctri and was riding there over the weekend. I am guilty of going too fast sometimes. CR500 and a polaris 500 scrambler. I have begun to slow down and ride my quad more than my bike. However riding too fast is dangerous to you and others. My wife flipped her scrambler over after hitting a rock with her lower control arm. She wasn't going fast ( around 15 to 20). She got banged up but she still rides with a little more caution. I explained to my both my sons that it is not a question of if but when you will get hurt and how bad. This sport we enjoy is dangerous , but so are other sports and activities.I guess that is why it is thrilling and fun. My deepest sympathies go out to his family. If anyone knows his family please pass that on. And every one that reads this , please be careful when riding.

 

I guess there is no truer statement than "speed kills". People need to be alert at all times and not just when they are going fast. I hit a large vine covered cement block while riding at 2 mph on an off-camber down hill turn and the bike caught the wheel and lifted hard up from the left. The handle bar jammed into my stomach and I lept off the bike to avoid her coming over on me. Leaping off the bike in an off-camber down hill state had the same effect for me of leaping off of a 10 foot wall and landing on the ground. I landed on my right side and where my cell phone was on my belt broke my pelvis up at the top. All happened in a split second. The bike stayed on all fours and I had a bruise that looked like I had been hit by a freight train that ran from the middle of my thigh up to around 6 inches above by hip bone. The bruise was a good 12 to 14 inches wide and the blackest black you have ever seen. Bonked my head hard enough to see stars on top of that. My stomach had a bruise on it that was white in the middle and spread out black for a good six inches from the impact mark. My doctor said that a couple of inches higher probably would have ruptured my spleen. I got off lucky. So, I guess what I am saying is stay alert and always wear protective gear, most importantly a helmet and second, body armor. Ride safe.

Another thing to do to educate yourself about the dangers of our great sport is go to your dnr home page and look up the atv fatalities and what kills people. There is definately a recurring theme. For wisconsin you can google wisconsin dnr atv fatalities and you will find it. They track three years worth. Very educational.

 

Which is the biggest reason for riders to lose their ego and wear a helmet. The anti ATV idiots that lobby congress or their local politicians use these same sites in order to gather statisics to try to outlaw our machines and our sport. They don't give a rats behind whether the accident was our fault or not. Whether we were speeding or not. Its just another weapon in their pocket to attack us with.