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Nebraska Boy Killed in ATV Crash

By: Associated Press Email
Updated: Sun 9:51 AM, Oct 14, 2012

 Click on the link above to read the press release from the Hall County Sheriff. 

A 9-year-old Nebraska boy is dead following an all-terrain vehicle crash on private property near Grand Island.

The Hall County Sheriff's office says Jack Tanner Thompson was driving the ATV Friday evening about a mile northwest of the Central Nebraska Regional Airport in Grand Island when the crash happened.

Investigators say the boy lost control of the ATV. It crashed against a parked vehicle and came to rest on top of the boy.

He was taken by ambulance to a Grand Island hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Investigators say the boy was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.


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