Helmet saves Hanson man throughout ATV crash in NH

Due to his helmet, a Massachusetts man barely survived an ATV crash Saturday in New Hampshire. 

Christopher Smiley, 41, of Hanson was working an ATV on the Deer Mountain Path in Errol, N.H. at about 1 p.m. on June 3 when he misplaced management and crashed, in response to the New Hampshire Fish and Recreation Division. 

Smiley was on his personal ATV, using behind one other particular person on the path on the time, officers mentioned. The opposite particular person noticed the crash happen and instantly went to assist. A bystander referred to as 911, and Smiley was dropped at an ambulance on Route 16. He was then transported to Androscoggin Valley Hospital for remedy of significant and probably life-threatening accidents. 

Officers say that the crash occurred when Smiley drifted to the skin of a downhill left flip. He misplaced management of the ATV, and the car rolled over. Smiley was then ejected from the ATV and hit an embankment. 

“Smiley was sporting a helmet, which was deemed essential in his survival. Conservation Officers imagine the first reason for the crash to have been unreasonable pace for the prevailing situations,” New Hampshire Fish and Recreation mentioned in an announcement.