2 Teens, Father Die After ATV Falls 100 Feet Down Tennessee Embankment: It's a 'Tragic Loss'

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A father and two teens were killed on Sunday after the all-terrain vehicle they were riding in fell over a steep embankment through thick brush and trees, PEOPLE confirms.

Ronnie Akins.Facebook

The group, from Weaverville, North Carolina, was visiting Windrock Park, a privately owned off-roading adventure park that sits on 73,000 acres in Oliver Springs. In the wake of the accident, the North Buncombe High School men’s basketball team remembered Dillon and Laws in aFacebook post.

“The Blackhawks suffered a tragic loss tonight,” the post reads. “Our hearts are saddened as we mourn the loss of Johnny, Dillon and Dillon’s father. Johnny and Dillon were two fine young men. Our hearts and prayers are with their families. Please remember the families in prayer.”

Although authorities have not made the 13-year-old boy’s identity public,a GoFundMe set upfor the Akins family described the boy as Dillon’s cousin. According to the page, he “suffered several broke bones and other non-life threatening injuries.”

A North Buncombe teacher told theCitizen-Timesthat the teen underwent surgery on Monday and is awake.

source: people.com