STATE'S ATV DEATHS CLIMB

(10/25/2004)
Kenneth L. "Dude" Thomas, III, a 22-year-old Roane County man who just moved to Georgia has died from injuries he received on a four-wheeler.

This follows the death of Gary Douglas Nichols, 47, pf Spencer, who died in a four-wheeler accident about a week ago.

An Ohio woman was killed on a four wheeler this past week on the Hatfield-McCoy trail,

Prior to these deaths, media reports indicate at least six state residents died from ATV injuries in the past few weeks, and a dozen or more received injuries.