Dema, Ky (July 26, 2023) – A teenager is dead following an accident in Knott County.
Around 4:45pm on Tuesday, KSP Post 13 in Hazard received a 911 call in reference to an ATV accident with injuries on Old House Branch Road in the Dema community of Knott County.
Troopers, along with medical personnel responded to the scene. Initial investigation indicates that Diamont G. Caudill, 16, of Dema, was occupying an ATV that was being towed by another ATV. The vehicle lost control and overturned, ejecting Caudill from the ATV. Caudill was transported to McDowell A.R.H, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Caudill’s body was sent to the Medical Examiner’s Office for Autopsy. No helmet was in use at the time of collision.
Trooper Jody Sims is conducting the ongoing investigation.
