One person is dead and another is severely injured following an ATV rollover crash in Madison early Sunday morning.
Deputies from the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the scene on East Madison Road just after midnight, and found driver Tyler Atkinson, 37, had suffered from a severe head injury. Atkinson was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mike Mitchell, Somerset County Sheriff chief deputy, said passenger Corey Gordea, 33, sustained severe leg injuries as a result of the crash. Gordea was taken by the Anson-Madison-Starks Ambulance Service to Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan, although his condition is unknown.
A preliminary investigation determined that Atkinson and Gordea were traveling down Abenaki Road when they failed to stop at the intersection of Abenaki and East Madison roads. They acrossed East Madison Road and drove into a ditch where the ATV struck a tree and rolled over.
Somerset deputies and Madison Fire Department officials determined that neither Atkinson or Gordea were wearing helmets. The preliminary investigation also indicated that alcohol and speed were factors in the crash, Mitchell said.
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