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ATV rollover injures 23-year-old's face
Alcohol may have been a factor, police said
Updated: Sunday, 23 Aug 2009, 5:19 PM EDT
Published : Sunday, 23 Aug 2009, 11:01 AM EDT
KENT CO, Mich (WOOD) - A 23-year-old Kentwood man who was the passenger of a 2008 Yamaha Rhino ATV suffered facial fractures after the vehicle flipped as it was rolling down a hill. He was treated at Spectrum Butterworth Hospital.
The incident occurred at around 12:15 a.m. Sunday. A 24-year-old Byron Center man was transporting one person in the front seat and two in the back seat up a steep, inclined, dirt two-track, near Paul Henry Trail and Patterson Avenue/84th Street SE.
The incline was too steep for the ATV, so the driver stopped the vehicle and started to reverse. As it was coasting down the incline, it flipped, ejecting the back-seat passengers.
In addition to the injured Kentwood man, a 25-year-old Grand Rapids man and a 28-year-old Caledonia man were not injured.
Alcohol was a factor, according to the Kent County Sheriff Department.
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