Hunter bringing in deer on ATV dies in accident | News

Sheriff Tate Lawrence said Monday that 55-year-old Aubrey Appling died Saturday in the accident about 2 miles north of the Sylamore community in southern Izard County.

According to the Batesville Daily Guard, the sheriff said Appling was driving a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle loaded with a deer he had shot when the ATV overturned in a field and threw Appling to the ground, where his head struck a rock. Izard County Coroner Eddie Howard pronounced Appling dead at the scene.

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