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Northeast Tenn. ATV crash kills teen

Associated Press - November 9, 2009 12:05 PM ET

JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (AP) - A northeast Tennessee teenager has been killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash.

Washington County Sheriff Ed Graybeal says when deputies arrived Sunday evening to investigate a crash report, they found an ambulance crew trying to revive a young girl.

The victim was identified as 15-year-old Solana Lyle, who had been riding a four-wheel ATV on her family's property northwest of Johnson City when she lost control and crashed.

The girl died a short time after being taken to the Johnson City Medical Center.

Deputies reported Lyle was wearing a helmet, but suffered internal injuries in the crash.

Tennessee had 322 known ATV deaths through 2006, according to a 2008 report by the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission.

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