A man from southwest Iowa died this morning after the A-T-V he was riding rolled over and pinned him underneath. The accident happened in Cass County, a mile South of Atlantic on Highway 71 at about 8:25 AM. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 74-year old Wray McDermott, of Atlantic, was traveling south on the east shoulder of the highway and had tried to turn right in order to cross the highway, when the machine rolled on top of him near the middle of the road.
McDermott suffered severe head injuries, and was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.