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News Articles on the Yamaha Rhino Rollovers
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May 16, 2008 |
3TV (Phoenix, AZ), "Teen dies in Yamaha Rhino ATV rollover accident"
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A 15-year-old boy has died of injuries he suffered during an off-road-vehicle rollover Friday afternoon in the far Northwest Valley. Maricopa County Sheriff's Investigators said the boy was among four trading binomo riding on the small four-wheeled Yamaha vehicle called a Rhino when it overturned near 102nd Avenue and Jomax Road at about 4:00pm. The teen was taken to a local hospital where he died of his injuries. The other three teenage boys were not seriously hurt.
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February 25, 2008 |
IV Press Online, "Two Young Persons Killed Yesterday by Yamaha Rhinos at Same Dunes"
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The names of victims involved in two separate fatal crashes that occurred within hours of each other at the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area were released Monday. Yucaipa resident Stephanie Ann Katin, 26, was killed Saturday after being partially ejected from a rented Yamaha Rhino all-terrain vehicle that slid sideways down a 30-foot sand dune. Katin sat in the right front passenger seat. The vehicle lost traction when Katin’s 29-year-old husband, Paul, turned left and tried driving it down the dune after reaching its crest, California Highway Patrol Officer Gil Caldera said. More...
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November 29, 2007 |
KSBY TV News, "Target
of Lawsuits: Off-road vehicle Paso Robles
child killed was driving"
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The off-road
vehicle, the Yamaha Rhino, that Ashlyn Vargas
was driving when she was killed Thanksgiving
Day is the subject of lawsuits nationwide. "They
have a high center of gravity and they are
top heavy and they do have a well demonstrated
propensity for rolling over," said Attorney
Fred Pritzker. More...
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November 23, 2007 |
KSBY TV News, "Tragedy
on Thanksgiving: ATV accident claims life
of 12 year old"
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The
Thanksgiving holiday takes a tragic turn
when a 12 year old girl dies in an ATV accident.It
happened near Highway 58 in the California
Valley, just before noon Thursday. Investigators
say Ashlyn Vargas was thrown from the vehicle
in the accident and the ATV rolled on top
of her. More...
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20, 2007 |
Tucson
Citizen, "Serious
injuries climb for kids driving ATVs; Hospitalizations
are up 70% in 4-year span"
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When ATV racer
Brandon Leach got sideways in the air during
a race in Mammoth in April, he pretty much
figured the outcome would be bad. It was. The
wheels of the 450cc Honda TRX quad hit the
ground, slamming him into the dirt. The 350-pound
vehicle then flipped into the air and landed
on him. Brandon was airlifted to Tucson's University
Medical Center, where a dislocated collarbone,
bruised pelvis, three cracked ribs, collapsed
lung and a concussion kept him hospitalized
for 12 days. More...
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August 2, 2007 |
Crossville Chronicle, "ATV
accident leaves child critical"
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A parent's worst nightmare came true Wednesday
morning when a man traveling a rural Cumberland
County road rounded a curve to find his son
underneath an all-terrain vehicle in the
roadway, according to witnesses and the Tennessee
Highway Patrol. More...
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August 1, 2007 |
Woodtv.com, "Four
wheeler accident kills promising baseball
player"
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An 18-year-old baseball player from Whitehall
was killed in a four wheeler accident Friday
night on Whitneyville road. More...
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July 30, 2007 |
Canada.com, "Rein
in ATVs to reduce carnage, surgeon
urges"
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In the wake of the weekend death of a
13-year-old boy while driving an all-terrain
vehicle (ATV), an Edmonton spinal cord
surgeon is renewing his call for a ban
on people under the age of 16 driving quads
and for the licensing of all quad drivers.
More...
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July 30, 2007 |
Edmonton Sun (Canada), "Quad
rollover kills boy, 13"
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A 13-year-old Rimbey boy died in a quadding
accident Saturday afternoon about 60 km
west of Rocky Mountain House. Wyatt Lyal
Bauer was driving a Yamaha Rhino alone
on a logging road in the False Creek area,
when he went down a steep hill and lost
control of the vehicle, which then landed
on him, Mounties said. More...
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June 6, 2007 |
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, "Three
Kids Injured in Yamaha Rhino ATV Accident"
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A crash involving youths on a Yamaha
Rhino off-road vehicle resulted in three
injuries, police said. More...
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May 29, 2007 |
The Times (Shreveport), "Lake
Charles Teen Dies in Yamaha Rhino ATV
Accident"
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A 13-year-old Lake Charles girl died
Sunday night in a Shreveport hospital following
an ATV accident in south Sabine Parish,
Deputy Coroner Ron Rivers said. Whitney
Bland died at 10:50 p.m. at LSU Hospital
in Shreveport from abdominal trauma caused
by injuries sus-tained in the rollover
accident, Rivers said. More...
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