Tragic ATV Accident: Young Boy Fatally Injured While Riding with Father

A tragic accident claimed the life of a nine-year-old boy during an ATV ride with his father on a Utah mountain. The incident occurred as Kolton ‘Kolt’ Rawlinson and his father, Hyrum, navigated an incline on West Mountain when their all-terrain vehicle overturned.

The crash took place on a well-traveled path favored by locals for ATV excursions, as shared by his family with KSL. Despite wearing protective gear, the young boy was unable to survive the accident.

The Utah County Sheriff’s Office reported that Rawlinson sustained critical injuries in the mishap.

He was airlifted to Primary Children’s Hospital in Lehi, where he tragically passed away, just months before reaching his 10th birthday, according to his family.

The young boy was life-flighted to Primary Children’s Hospital in Lehi, where he was pronounced dead, just a few months shy of his 10th birthday, his family said. 

‘We don’t know how to move forward without him,’ they said in a statement. 

The Rawlinson family took comfort that his final moments were a ‘father and son doing something they absolutely loved together.’ 

Rawlinson loved being outdoors and enjoyed camping and fishing, and was constantly ‘finding mud puddles, running bases, or getting into some type of trouble,’ his obituary said. 

Kolton ‘Kolt’ Rawlinson, nine, died on Sunday after he and his father, Hyram, got into an ATV crash on West Mountain in Utah

The family said his death was unbearable and they didn’t know how to move on, but they took comfort in his final moments being him doing something he loved

‘The outdoors was Kolt’s second favorite place, only beaten by being anywhere with his dad.’ 

His family remembered him as being a prankster, who was ‘always laughing,’ and that he had the ability to ‘make anything more fun just by showing up,’ they told KSL. 

‘Once you became infected with one of his giant smiles, you were instantly loved by him,’ his obituary read.  

‘He was the sweetest, bravest, most hilarious kid – the kind of boy who could make you laugh until you cried and then turn around and melt your heart. He was a joy to be around, and the hole he leaves behind is immeasurable. He will be forever missed,’ his obituary read. 

Rawlinson was born on July 24, 2016, and he and his old sister Kennedie lived with their grandparents for the first six months of his life, his obituary said. 

‘Over the next nine years, day by day and year by year, Mom and Dad beat every battle and every demon to be the best parents to Kolt and Kennedie,’ it read.

Rawlinson and his father were quite close, and the boy considered his dad his ‘hero.’ 

And like most younger brothers, Rawlinson made sure to be a ‘thorn in his sister’s side,’ his obituary said. 

They were traversing an ‘average’ hill on a popular road for ATVs on the mountain, the family said

The family remembers the boy as loving the outdoors and being a prankster 

Rawinson loved his sister, Kennedie, and his dogs, who he considered his ‘babies’ 

‘Yet, he loved her deeper than she knew possible.’ 

The boy also loved his dogs more than video games, the family said, and he ‘wasn’t shy about letting you know those were his babies.’  

Rawinson was laid to rest on Saturday.