Despite High Death Toll, Push Is On To Open More Public Roads to ATVs – See more at: http://www.fairwarning.org/2014/03/despite-high-death-toll-push-is-on-to-open-more-public-roads-to-atvs/#sthash.Om2UDYQ5.dpuf

Last Mother’s Day, Jaret Graham, 14, climbed on the back of an all-terrain vehicle driven by his 12-year-old cousin. As they sped down a paved stretch of country road in west Texas, the 12-year-old lost control, went into a ditch and fell off the vehicle, injuring his leg. Jaret was thrown off and hit his head on a cattle guard, a barrier made from steel pipes. He died instantly.

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