2 killed, 7 children injured in ‘mass casualty’ ATV crash, Alabama officials say

An ATV with nine people on board crashed and rolled at an off-road park, killing two occupants, Alabama officials say.

Several 911 calls came in at about 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30, from the Indian Mountain ATV Park after a side-by-side RZR crashed into another ATV, flipped and hit a tree, the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

When first responders arrived at the park, near Piedmont, they found eight people — an adult woman and seven children — injured, the sheriff’s office said. The driver of the ATV had been ejected and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The woman later died at a hospital, and the kids were all taken to hospitals with injuries, the office said. All of the children are between 1 and 12 years old.

Officials said one of the kids is in critical condition, AL.com reported. The man and woman who died in the accident are believed to be a couple, according to the outlet.

The occupants of the other ATV were not injured, the Coosa Valley News reported.

“Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the families who lost their loved ones and with those who were injured,” the county coroner’s office said in a news release, calling the crash a “mass casualty incident.”

An investigation is ongoing, the sheriff’s office said.

Piedmont is a roughly 90-mile drive northeast from Birmingham.

This story was originally published August 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM with the headline "2 killed, 7 children injured in ‘mass casualty’ ATV crash, Alabama officials say."