Police investigate personal injury ATV accident near Boonville during the early hours Saturday

BOONVILLE- A pair of local teenagers have been issued citations for not wearing their helmets in the wake of an ATV accident overnight in Northern Oneida County.

According to Sheriff's Office investigators, it happened shortly before 2:00 a.m. on the Moose River Road, town of Boonville.

Authorities have determined that two 16-year-old males had been riding ATV's at unsafe speeds and operating recklessly.

The juvenile operating the Polaris Sportsman 570 hit a dirt embankment, lost control, and rolled the ATV.

The operator was thrown from the ATV, and both came to rest at the side of the roadway.

The juvenile was transported to Wynn Hospital for multiple non-life-threatening injuries to his head, chest, and pelvis area.

The Oneida County Sheriff's Office was assisted on the scene by New York State Police, Boonville Fire Department, and Boonville Ambulance.

Both operators are being issued tickets for operating without a helmet.

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