Iron County ORV accident injures Illinois man

BATES TOWNSHIP, MI--   One person is injured, following an ORV accident in Iron County. 

The Sheriff’s Department says the crash happened Saturday around 3 p.m. on Trail #16 near Wagner Lake in Bates Township.  Deputies say a 29-year-old Palatine, Illinois, man drove off the marked trail, went into a heavily wooded ravine, and came to rest against a stand of trees. 

The driver was taken to North Star Hospital in Iron River with several non-life-threatening injuries.  He was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.

Deputies say driver inexperience was a contributing factor in the crash.