By Associated Press - Monday, July 1, 2019

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) - A 9-year-old boy died in a weekend all-terrain vehicle crash near the Killpecker Sand Dunes in southwestern Wyoming.

Officials with the Wyoming Highway Patrol tell the Casper Star-Tribune that Gian Ortega was riding the ATV Saturday night when it went off Chilton Road in Sweetwater County and overturned.

The boy was not wearing a helmet and was thrown from the vehicle.



He was pronounced dead at the hospital in Rock Springs.

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Information from: Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune, http://www.trib.com

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