DEKALB CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department says that a Butler man was hurt when he was thrown from an ATV Sunday morning. Police believe that 45-year-old Jade Hewitt was on the four-wheeler at County Road 26 and County Road 79, east of Butler. Investigators think the ATV skidded on the roadway beforeHewitt was thrown off.
Police found him next to the ATV with blood coming from a wound on his head around 1 a.m. His current condition is not known but he was taken to the hospital for treatment.
The Dekalb County Sheriff’s Department said in a release that it is believed that alcohol and speed were “major contributing factors to the crash.”
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