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ATV season off to a tragic start statewide

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| Rhonda Silence- Thu, 06/22/2017 - 1:19pm

A decade ago there were fewer than 100,000 all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) registered in Minnesota; today that number has jumped to nearly 300,000. In recent weeks,  a number of ATV accidents made the news, with fatalities or serious injury. 

Rhonda Silence speaks with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Mary Manning about this disturbing trend around the state – and what can be done about it. 

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