On The Record

Fatal UTV Accident

On 04/15/23 at approximately 4:16 p.m., Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to 3004 S. Fairway Rd., for a UTV accident with entrapment.

Upon arrival it was discovered a UTV being operated by a juvenile with another juvenile passenger on private property had rolled over after striking a stump. Both Juveniles were thrown from the UTV and the operator was pinned underneath.

The operator was transported by Stockton EMS to Freeport Memorial Hospital for treatment of injuries and was later pronounced deceased due to those injuries. This accident remains under inve...