Jun 16, 2022

Sheriff: Kansas teen dies after 4-wheeler strikes a fence

Posted Jun 16, 2022 4:15 PM

By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post

SALINE COUNTY —A Kansas teenager died in a accident just after 12:30p.m. Wednesday northwest of Salina.

According to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan, a 15-year-old boy was riding a four-wheeler in a field behind his family's home in the 4700 block of W. Pleasant Hill Road.

The boy attempted to ride through a gate and instead struck a wire fence.

EMS transported the boy to Salina Regional Health Center where he later died.  Soldan did not release the boy's name.