(Update) – Authorities identify teen killed in a central IA UTV accident Friday
May 29th, 2024 by Ric Hanson
(Guernsey, Iowa) – In an update to our report last weekend, the Iowa State Patrol has released the names of two juveniles, one of whom died, during a UTV accident that occurred Friday evening (May 24th). The operator of the UTV, 11-year-old Sam Schaeffer, was flown to the UIHC, where a report on his condition is not available. His passenger, 13-year-old Nolan Bayer died from his injuries, when the 2016 Polaris Ranger Crew went out of control southeast of Guernsey, in rural Poweshiek County, as the machine was rounding a curve in the road. The UTV rolled onto the driver’s side. The accident happened at around 5:20-p.m., Friday. The Patrol’s report did not indicate where the youth were from.
The accident remains under investigation.