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Man Killed in ATV Crash at Terrain Park

/Photo: Maine Warden Service


CARTHAGE, Maine (AP) A Massachusetts man has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash at the Rocky Mountain Terrain Park in Maine.

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says the crash happened Sunday afternoon when the ATV 27-year-old Taylor Curtin was driving went airborne and struck a tree.

Curtin was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say the Belchertown, Massachusetts, man was camping at the Carthage park. Game Wardens say he borrowed a friend’s ATV and was returning to the campsite when the crash occurred.

Wardens say Curtin was not wearing a helmet, and speed is believed to be a factor in the crash.

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