BREMEN, Ala. (KFSM) — Two fatalities, and multiple injuries, happened due to an ATV accident at Stony Lonesome OHV Park in Alabama on Saturday (April 22) afternoon, according to Cullman County Coroner Jeremy Kilpatrick.
The coroner confirmed to 5News that Lawrence Richey, 34, of Smiths Grove, Kentucky and Erin Duncan, 22, of Elkins, Arkansas were killed when an ATV went out of control and flew into a crowd of people during a competition at the park.
Richey was pronounced dead at the scene and Duncan, who was a spectator at the OHV event, died at Walker Baptist Medical Center, according to Kilpatrick.
Another woman from Springdale, Jennifer Benson, sustained critical injuries and is at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.
An “Erin Duncan Family Memorial” has been set up on a GoFundMe page.
On the site, Duncan is described as, “a beautiful soul, gone too soon … she had the biggest heart and smile. She loved her family, her friends and the outdoor life.”
A YOUCARING Compassionate Crowdfunding has been set up for Benson and her family on behalf of friends.
Her fund is to help with expenses for her family while they are with her in Alabama and also to take care of her children while she receives treatment.