PLYMOUTH COUNTY AUTHORITIES RESPONDED TO A PAIR OF ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE ROLLOVERS DURING THE WEEKEND.
THE FIRST OCCURRED LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON A QUARTER MILE OFF HARNESS ROAD NEAR HINTON.
THAT’S WHERE A BULL CHARGED THE A-T-V DRIVEN BY JOSEPH EICKHOLT AS HE WAS CHECKING CATTLE.
IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID THE BULL, EICKHOLT ROLLED HIS A-T-V INTO A WASHOUT AND HE WAS THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE.
HE USED HIS CELL PHONE TO CALL FOR HELP AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO MERCY ONE WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.
IN THE SECOND ACCIDENT, 59-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL HARVEY OF AKRON WAS RIDING HIS A-T-V SATURDAY EVENING AND ROLLED IT WHILE TURNING AT 130TH AND DOGWOOD AVENUE.
HARVEY WAS THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE AND FOUND ON THE ROADSIDE BY A PASSERBY.
HE WAS AIRLIFTED TO MERCY ONE WITH SERIOUS BUT NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.
