WAMEGO (KSNT) – Deputies report a Wamego teen is dead following a UTV crash in Pottawatomie County Sunday.
Pottawatomie County Sheriff Doug Adams said in a press release that deputies responded to reports of a UTV injury crash at 12:50 a.m. on Sept. 13 near the intersection of Old Post Road and Genn Road. First responders arriving at the crash site found a UTV with three people on it had crashed.
Adams said the UTV drivers was heading east on Old Post Road when the driver tried to turn south onto Genn Road and lost control. One passenger on the UTV was ejected during the crash and declared dead at the scene.
Law enforcement identified the person killed in the crash as, Dylan Higgins, 17, of Wamego, dead at the scene. A 16-year-old Wamego resident who was on the UTV when it crashed suffered minor injuries. The driver of the UTV, an 18-year-old from Wamego, had no injuries.
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