( KNZA )-A Sedalia, Missouri man was killed late Saturday night in an ATV accident near the Jackson County community of Delia.
Sheriff Tim Morse identified the victim as 46-year-old Kevin Scott Roberts.
Morse says Roberts had been northbound on F Road, about 5-tenths of a mile north of 118th Road, when the 2013 Polaris ATV he was riding struck a deer. The ATV flipped and Roberts was ejected.
Family and friends located Roberts who had left a gathering near 118th and F Roads riding the ATV.
Morse says the sheriff’s department received a 911 call about the accident around 11:10 Saturday night. Responding to the scene were the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, Potawatomi Tribal Police and Fire Department, Jackson County EMS, Hoyt and Mayetta Fire Departments.
The accident remains under investigation.
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