ATV Accident Kills Athol Man

A 49-year-old man from Athol, Idaho, was killed early Saturday when he wrecked his ATV. Stephen B. Gesinger, 49, was trying to make a u-turn on a gravel road when the accident occurred, the Idaho State Police reported in a press release. He drove the Polaris Sportsman ATV off the road and onto a grassy shoulder, where it overturned. Gesinger died when was thrown from the machine. He was not wearing a helmet, the ISP reported. The accident occurred about 1 a.m., near East Sarah Loop and Targhee Street in Athol.