ATV rider injured in Aonia crash

Wilkes County EMS and Rescue 1 personnel help load an injured Frankie Shank into the LifeFlight air ambulance last Thursday after Shank crashed his Yamaha Raptor on Smith Mill Road near Highway 78 in Aonia. Indications at the scene and witnesses say that Shank was approaching the highway at a high rate of speed when he lost control and flipped the vehicle. Shank, who was not wearing a helmet, suffered a head injury and was transported by air to the Medical College of Georgia. The Georgia State Patrol is investigating the wreck. (Photo by KIP BURKE)

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