Coroner identifies 71-year-old man who died in ATV crash near Ovid
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OVID — The coroner has identified a 71-year-old man who died in a crash on Thursday morning.
Bear Lake County Coroner Chad Walker identified the man as Jeffrey Wright, 71, of Ovid, Idaho.
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According to the Idaho State Police, the crash occurred at 11:12 a.m. on North Road just west of Johnson Road in Ovid.
Wright was riding a 2014 Polaris Sportsman, eastbound on North Road.
A 22-year-old male from Nibley, Utah, was traveling westbound on North Road in a 2021 GMC Savana.
Wright abruptly swerved to avoid colliding with the GMC and lost control. The Polaris went off the south side of the road, impacted a concrete barrier, and overturned.
Wright was transported by ground ambulance to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Investigators say he was not wearing a helmet.
The driver of the GMC was wearing a seatbelt.