Responders Assist Vermont Woman Injured In ATV Incident

CLARKSVILLE, NH — New Hampshire Fish and Game was notified of a single-vehicle ATV crash on Gulf Brook Trail in Clarksville on Sunday.

A conservation fficer, 45th Parallel EMS, Pittsburg Police, and Pittsburg Fire and Rescue responded to assist the patient. The call came in via 911 reporting that the injured woman identified as Trina Nutter, 41, of Barnet, Vermont, had suffered a lower leg injury. Nutter was assisted by an EMT on scene and responders were able to drive emergency vehicles directly to the scene to assist Nutter.

Conservation officers interviewed witnesses and investigated the scene of the accident. Officers determined Nutter had been traveling last in a group of three machines. She was making a left turn after coming through a gate when she got her machine stuck along the edge of the trail in a ditch.

Nutter, an experienced ATV operator, tried to get the machine out of the ditch but failed to do so. She ended up crawling out of the machine from the passenger side, which was the side stuck in the ditch. This caused the machine to roll onto her, pinning her by her leg in the ditch. She remained there until someone from a different group came upon her and moved the machine off her and her riding party came back to help.

The woman was transported to Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook by the 45th Parallel Ambulance.

A subsequent interview with Nutter confirmed what had been determined at the scene.

Alcohol and drug intoxication are not considered factors in the rollover, and authorities believe that an improper turn and inattention to surroundings are the main factors in this incident.