ISP INVESTIGATES FATAL ATV ACCIDENT IN CLAY COUNTY | WSEI 92.9 FM | Freedom 92.9

(EFFINGHAM) The investigation is ongoing into a traffic accident that occurred around 10 p.m. last Friday night just over three miles east of Sailor Springs along Bucktown Lane, just east of County Road 2175. Illinois State Police report that 12-year-old Caide Weidner was thrown from a side-by-side ATV and was taken to Clay County Hospital in Flora with head injuries and then transported by helicopter to a hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, where he died Sunday afternoon. ISP was assisted at the scene by emergency personnel from Clay County, Clay City Fire Department and Clay County Sheriff’s Department. Funeral services for the North Clay Grade School student are pending in Louisville.