ATV driver thrown, breaks leg

4/8/2006

WEST UNITY, Ohio - A Fort Jennings man was hurt yesterday when he was thrown from an all-terrain vehicle on private property along the 10000 block of Williams County Road 23 in Brady Township just east of here, sheriff's deputies said.

Jared K. Myers, 24, was taken to Community Hospitals of Williams County, Bryan, for treatement of a broken leg and other injuries, deputies said. A hospital spokesman said she had no information on a patient by that name.

Mr. Myers crashed the 2003 Honda 400 EX about 5:45 p.m. when he attempted to jump an embankment.

The vehicle went airborne and when it landed, the front tires stuck in the ground, flipping the vehicle. Mr. Myers was thrown.