One dead, one injured after ATV crash in Bedford County

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BEDFORD COUNTY (WSLS10) - One man is dead and another injured after an ATV crash in Bedford County on Thursday night.

The crash happened on Hawkins Mill Road at 9:30 p.m. when a 2014 side-by-side ATV was going east on Hawkins Mill Road, ran off the right side of the road, lost control, crossed the road and hit the trees, according to state police.

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Forty-one-year-old Christopher Todd Dixon, of Lynchburg, the driver of the ATV, was not wearing a seat belt and died at the scene. His passenger, Robert Gilroy Shelton III, was injured and taken to a Lynchburg hospital.

The crash remains under investigation. No charges have been filed.


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