FULTON COUNTY, Ill. — An all-terrain vehicle crash in Fulton County Sunday night has killed a teenage athlete from Canton.
19-year-old Lukas Goforth played baseball and football at Canton High School and stayed in the community to attend Spoon River College.
Fulton County Coroner Steve Hines told 25 News Goforth was one of six people on a large, side-by-side ATV that crashed between 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sunday near Cypress Road and Stone School Road, about 10 miles east of Canton.
Others riding the ATV suffered minor injuries.
The driver “failed to negotiate a turn,” leading to the crash, Hines said.
Authorities don’t believe alcohol or speed were involved.
