Man dies in ATV accident

Moneta man dies as ATVs collide on-road

The Roanoke Times
A 39-year-old Moneta man was killed Saturday evening in an accident involving two all-terrain vehicles.

Virginia State Police Sgt. Rob Carpentieri said James Dale Allen was pronounced dead at the scene on Virginia 608, about three-quarters of a mile off Virginia 122.

Carpentieri said Allen was driving on the wrong side of the road when he ran head-on into another ATV just before 8 p.m. Allen was not wearing a helmet, he said, noting that is illegal to ride ATVs on public roads.

The other driver was not killed, but Carpentieri said he had no details on his injuries. The accident is still under investigation.

Gosh Bobby I hate to hear of people getting hurt.

my god be with the family

Prayers sent and may God Bless.

thats bad 2 guys were killed not far from me 3 weeks ago they were on a farm road and hit head on in a blind curve they said it was one of those frick accident. they were running pretty fast when they hit . they were riding 4 wheelers

We had a guy killed in a RZR a while back...a stick came through the fenderwell and went through his chest pinning him to the seat.

We had a guy killed in a RZR a while back...a stick came through the fenderwell and went through his chest pinning him to the seat


where did this happen ?

Man that is scary about them sticks coming through!!!My paasengers side seat is tore up pretty bad from a stick that came through.It went right into the seat.If someone had been sitting there i believe it would have been pretty bad.I also had a stick come in on me ,on the drivers side this weekend hitting my right thigh up very high and close to groin.It bruised me pretty good.Luckily the stick was rotten and broke instead of punching into me!!!!Very dangerous!

Man that is terrible. Back when I used to ride quads, we were riding some pipeline and were flying back and forth all day. Then we were heading back and my buddy was behind me, and I swerved at the last second and my buddy his another buddy or ours head on. Didn't kill them but totaled both 4-wheelers.

I hate to see people getting hurt.

to the friends and family of this guy!

sprinklerhead wrote:

Man that is scary about them sticks coming through!!!My paasengers side seat is tore up pretty bad from a stick that came through.It went right into the seat.If someone had been sitting there i believe it would have been pretty bad.I also had a stick come in on me ,on the drivers side this weekend hitting my right thigh up very high and close to groin.It bruised me pretty good.Luckily the stick was rotten and broke instead of punching into me!!!!Very dangerous!

Should we do something to make the firewall strong to prevent this accident from happening?

TBONE21 wrote:

sprinklerhead wrote:

Man that is scary about them sticks coming through!!!My paasengers side seat is tore up pretty bad from a stick that came through.It went right into the seat.If someone had been sitting there i believe it would have been pretty bad.I also had a stick come in on me ,on the drivers side this weekend hitting my right thigh up very high and close to groin.It bruised me pretty good.Luckily the stick was rotten and broke instead of punching into me!!!!Very dangerous!

Should we do something to make the firewall strong to prevent this accident from happening?

Rick at EMP already has something to help that problem http://www.extrememetalproducts.com/RZR/c38/p265/RZR-Aluminum-Inner-Fender-Guards/product_info.html?osCsid=b03d05d713b07a1e5fb76f9b2474aae8