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In the midst of Southern Trails in the Lewisburg area, flowers rest where two friends named Emily Bates and Lauren Dilworth died in a Yamaha Rhino accident. According to the DeSoto Times, many people were alarmed after their deaths.
October 18 marks two more deaths involving Yamaha Rhinos. According to DeSoto Times, two 11-year-old girls, named Lauren Dilworth and Emily Bates, were not wearing protective gear or seat belts, which were installed in the vehicle, when the 2005 ATV overturned and pinned the two girls’ bodies.
“Making the decision to have a child – it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” This quote opens the heartwarming photo slide show of Ellie Sand. On May 10, 2008, John Sand, Ellie’s father, created a slide show that traces Ellie’s life from birth to her last year of life – her 10th year.
October 28, 2008, will mark the anniversary of this young girl’s death, which was lost on a Yamaha Rhino; her body could not withstand the 1,100-pound weight of the ATV, which rolled over and crushed her.
Ellie Sand’s warm smiles appear to lift off the photo montage on the Web site made in her memory. She was a determined girl, who did well at most anything she tried – dancing, tennis, horseback riding, even riding her dirt bike. But her strong will was not enough to keep her alive after the Yamaha Rhino she was riding in tipped over and crushed her small body.
In Fairview, Canada on October 4, another fatal accident occurred involving a Yamaha Rhino. According to Sun Media, the passenger, a 29-year-old man, was thrown out of the ATV, resulting in a fatality. Fortunately, the 31-year-old driver left the accident unscathed. The police were notified at 1:32 a.m. and found the ATV flipped on private property. The police have reason to believe that alcohol may have contributed to the accident.
Still, another person has unfortunatuely died while riding a Yamaha Rhino.
