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A 27-year-old woman and her 5-year-old son have been released from the hospital after being injured when the ATV they were riding in rolled over. According to the Bangor Daily News, Janelle Grant of Island Falls, Maine, broke her arm in the rollover accident. Her son received deep cuts on his head that required stitches. Both were airlifted to a hospital in Bangor, Maine, following the accident on Sunday.

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Zachary and Alex Rohloff, the 17-year-old twin sons of an upstate New York developer, died late last month when the all-terrain vehicles they were driving collided head-on. Authorities say the boys were driving up a hill in opposite directions and may not have seen each other when they crested. 16-year-old Emily Mohr, the girlfriend of Alex, was injured in the collision. She suffered from a broken arm and other relatively minor injuries and was released from the hospital on June 23, 2 days after the accident took place.

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Earlier this month we reported the story of Wyatt Spencer, a 13-year-old New York boy who was killed when the Yamaha Rhino 450 he was driving rolled over on top of him. Now the boy’s parents, Jim and Bonnie Spencer, are meeting with attorneys to explore the possibility of pursuing a lawsuit against the manufacturer.

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An 11-year-old boy in New York state was honored recently for his heroic action in a Yamaha Rhino rollover accident, which Keesville Volunteer Fire Department personnel credit with saving his father’s life. The boy, Ryan Mills, pulled his dad, Albert, from under the 2,000-pound recreational vehicle. The Rhino flipped during a turn and pinned the man’s leg underneath, badly crushing it. The boy then ran for home, drove a large pickup truck back to the accident scene and drove his father home, where emergency personnel were able to reach him.

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