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| A typical Dune Buggy |
Area around the site of the crash near Lyman, WA
LYMAN, WASHINGTON
A 54-year-old man was not wearing a helmet and was
killed in a dune buggy crash on a logging road about 10 miles east of
Sedro-Woolley on Saturday, the Washington State Patrol reports.
State troopers and medics responded to the scene, on Forest Service Road 18 just south of Lyman in Skagit County, at about 3:30 p.m. after receiving a report of a dune buggy rollover and crash. A witness to the crash guided troopers to the location down the remote forest road.
A man was found dead at the scene. He was later identified as Neil A. Petkow, 54, of Oak Harbor.
A preliminary investigation found that Petkow was heading down the logging road when he cornered too fast, rolled down an embankment and slammed into a tree.
Troopers said Petkow was wearing a safety device (a 6-point body harness) but he was not wearing a helmet, another essential safety device. He then was speeding, rolled over and crushed his head onto a tree, dying on the scene. Alcohol or drugs were not a factor in the crash, the WSP reported.
Please do not ride ATV or dune buggies without wearing a helmet. This is an essential safety device that could have saved this man's life.
State troopers and medics responded to the scene, on Forest Service Road 18 just south of Lyman in Skagit County, at about 3:30 p.m. after receiving a report of a dune buggy rollover and crash. A witness to the crash guided troopers to the location down the remote forest road.
A man was found dead at the scene. He was later identified as Neil A. Petkow, 54, of Oak Harbor.
A preliminary investigation found that Petkow was heading down the logging road when he cornered too fast, rolled down an embankment and slammed into a tree.
Troopers said Petkow was wearing a safety device (a 6-point body harness) but he was not wearing a helmet, another essential safety device. He then was speeding, rolled over and crushed his head onto a tree, dying on the scene. Alcohol or drugs were not a factor in the crash, the WSP reported.
Please do not ride ATV or dune buggies without wearing a helmet. This is an essential safety device that could have saved this man's life.