Ryan Twp. children injured in UTV crash in farm field
Two Ryan Twp. children were flown by helicopter to Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest- Allentown after a UTV crash Saturday in the township.
State police at Frackville said the accident happened at 1:16 p.m. on private property in a farm field in the area of 41 Front St. as a 10-year-old female was driving a Polaris Ranger UTV with her 5-year-old brother as a passenger. She lost control and hit a large tree, throwing her brother from the vehicle, police said.
Both children were flown by helicopter to the hospital, police said.
Ryan Twp. Fire Chief Tom Price responded. He said neither child was wearing a helmet. The girl was in and out of consciousness and the boy was not conscious, he said.
The boy remained a patient at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Price said on Wednesday. The girl is believed to have been discharged from a hospital, he said.
Any operator of an ATV or UTV is required to wear a helmet, according to Pennsylvania's All-Terrain Vehicle law.
'No one under 8 years of age shall operate an ATV on any state-owned property. No person from age 8 to their 16th birthday shall operate an ATV except on lands of his parent or guardian, unless he or she has completed a prescribed ATV safety training course and received an ATV safety training certificate,' according to https://www.snowatvreg.dcnr.pa.gov/.
To help the family defray medical expenses, Ryan Twp. Fire and Rescue is holding a special online raffle with 100% of the proceeds benefiting the family of the injured children. As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, $3,000 has been raised for the family, Price said.
Tickets for the raffle are $10 for $600 worth of lottery tickets. The drawing is April 30 at 5 p.m.
More information about the online raffle is available on the fire company's Facebook page, Fire District 26 Ryan Twp Fire/Rescue
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