(Rural Stuart, Iowa) – A man riding an ATV Saturday morning in Guthrie County, was seriously injured when the machine went out of control and collided with a tree. The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office says 19-year-old Jack Matthew Winter, of Dallas Center, was riding a 2006 Yamaha ATV on a trail in the timber on private property near 3136 Wagon Road, when the accident occurred at around 9-a.m., Saturday.

Winter was transported by LifeFlight to Iowa Methodist in Des Moines, for treatment of suspected serious/incapacitating injuries. The ATV sustained $1,500 damage.