Tragedy as Sunshine Coast man is killed after losing control of an all-terrain vehicle and rolling on a Witta private property
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An elderly man has died after losing control of the all-terrain vehicle he was riding and rolling it on a rural property in Queensland's Sunshine Coast hinterland.
The man aged in his 70s was riding the ATV at his private property in Witta about 6.40pm Monday night when he crashed.
The man suffered died at the scene, despite desperate attempts by paramedics to revive him.
No one else was injured in the incident and the Forensic Crash Unit is investigating the rollover.
Police have declared the incident as non-suspicious and will prepare a report for the coroner.
A man in his 70s tragically died after he lost control of an ATV on his property (stock image)
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Witta is a small rural town 105km north of Brisbane with a population of almost 1,300.
It's the second ATV death in south-east Queensland in recent weeks.
Gage Fowler, 16, died in a late-night rollover south of Toowoomba in March.
Three months earlier, a 44-year-old man died when his quad bike rolled over in neighbouring Kingsthorpe.
Another man was killed after a quad bike rolled in NSW's Lake Macquarie region earlier this month.
More than 180 lives have been lost in quad bike-related incidents in Australia over an eight-year period between January 2011 and March 2023.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission lobbied for tougher standards in 2018 due to the high death toll on all-terrain vehicles.
New safety regulations were introduced in 2019 in a bid to reduce injuries and fatalities.
In 2022 it was found more than 90 per cent of all new quad bikes sold in Australia complied with the national safety standard.
Paramedics attended the scene but were unable to revive the man (stock image)
