A Pennsylvania woman riding an ATV has died after crashing with a vehicle in Holmesburg, a neighborhood in Philadelphia late Thursday night.
The deadly crash happened on the 7700 block of State Road near Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility around 9 p.m.
Investigators say a 29-year-old woman was on her ATV when she collided with a driver in a Kia sedan. The collision was so bad that it knocked the woman off of the ATV and onto the street.
The driver of the vehicle stopped and attempted life-saving measures on the victim, according to police. The woman was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead.
At the time of the crash, investigators say the woman was driving north in the southbound lanes. As oncoming traffic approached, she was trying to move back into the northbound lanes and was struck by the Sedan.
Scott Small, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector, says the victim was riding with about five other people on dirt bikes and ATVs, but they had left the scene by the time responding officers arrived, according to Fox29.
The fatal crash marks the second deadly incident involving dirt bikes and ATVs in less than a week. Jesus Gomez Rosario, 17, was riding a skateboard in the city’s Fairhill neighborhood when he was fatally struck by a dirt bike rider who was performing wheelies at a high rate of speed. Detectives are still looking for that rider after fleeing the scene.
