15-year-old dies in White Springs accident

Jason Futch  reporter2.riverbendnews@gmail.com A traffic accident involving two all-terrain vehicles in White Springs resulted in the death of a Palm Bay, Fla., teen.  According to the Florida Highway Patrol crash report, on Friday, July 4, an ATV driven by a 39-year-old White Springs resident with a 15-year-old passenger from Palm Bay, Fla., was attempting to turn right from Osceola Street onto Brown Drive in White Springs when a second ATV, traveling west on Osceola Street, was too close behind and could not stop. The ATV, driven by two 23-year-old Hamilton County residents, struck the rear of the turning ATV, causing it to overturn on its left side and eject the passenger fr