Saturday, July 23, 2016

WEAR YOUR HELMET: Helmet-less boy, 13, dies after he suffered significant head trauma when an ATV crashed in Buckland, Massachusetts




Police at the scene of the fatal ATV accident on Creamery Avenue in Buckland Wednesday evening. RECORDER STAFF/AVIVA LUTTRELL

Recorder Staff
Thursday, July 21, 2016


BUCKLAND, MASS. — Griffin Kearney, 13, of Buckland, has been identified by the Northwestern District Attorney’s office as the victim of an off-road utility terrain vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon off Creamery Avenue.

Kearney, who was the driver and lone rider, was taken by ambulance to Baystate Franklin Medical Center with significant head trauma. He was pronounced dead at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office said Thursday.

Environmental Police were notified of the accident at 4:41 p.m. Environmental Police, Buckland Police, Buckland Fire and the State Police CPAC unit all responded to the scene, according to Environmental Police.

The incident remains under investigation by Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts Environmental Police and Buckland Police.


Wear your helmet at all times.  Your head is not strong enough to withstand all these crashes.  Life is too precious to leave it so early.  RIP.