COLUMBUS, Ohio — A juvenile is in the hospital after he lost control of an ATV he was driving Saturday evening in Groveport, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.
The juvenile was riding a Yamaha Raptor 660 four-wheeler around 6:45 p.m. heading northbound on Shellbark Court, just north of Hickory Grove Circle, at a high rate of speed when he crashed. The sheriff’s office says that the driver lost control at a curve in the roadway and went through a metal light pole.
The juvenile was knocked off of the four-wheeler and the light pole landed on top of him.
The four-wheeler continued straight until it struck a tree.
First responders took the driver to Mount Carmel East Hospital in critical condition.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
The incident remains under investigation.
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