Girl dies in ATV crash in Chanceford Township

Why were they riding in the road to start with? It is illegal to ride ATV or Dirt bikes in the road.

This was a friend of one of my closet friend our thoughts and prayers are to that family!

The girl that died was in my history class! The was another girl and she was in my history class too.
This is very sad!

This is very sad, our prayers go out to both families.

What grade were these girls in? Why weren't they in school?? Red Lion had school today....did they go to Vo-Tech??

thoughts wrote:

What grade were these girls in? Why weren't they in school?? Red Lion had school today....did they go to Vo-Tech??

Kids today attend school from 11 am to 12 noon and have one hour off for lunch.
Condolences to the family of the deceased. Hope the other child recovers soon.

Tragic Accident wrote:

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Kids today attend school from 11 am to 12 noon and have one hour off for lunch.
Condolences to the family of the deceased. Hope the other child recovers soon.

kids from red lion get out of school at 2:40, and the accident was reported a little after 3. they both were at school. our best wishes to both girls' families.

Someone's child died today and some of you people on here need to STOP making such stupid comments AND asking such stupid questions since it is all irrelevant!! My heartfelt condolences to the family and best wishes for a speedy recovery to the other girl!

probably saw daddy and ride his motorcycle without a helmet all the time

kids race around without helmets on Chancefford Twp roads daily and the cops never do a darn thing to stop it. 90% of the ATV's I see are ridden illegally, unregistered and most likely uninsured as well. Half acre Harrys buy these mechanized babysitters for their kids, totally ignoring their responsibility to train their kids to drive them responsibly and to make sure the kids have a LEGAL place to run them.

Pa law provides that the owner of the ATV is financially liable for the negligent operation of his machine by whomever is operating it.

If a parent drives DUI with a kid in the car, it is child endangerment, when they knowingly let an untrained irresponsible kid run loose illegally on the road ways on an ATV, it is no less serious a crime. If a licensed teen drives like an idiot on the road in a car and kills someone the DA is is chomping at the bit to bring criminal charges. Lets see if the DA's office even notices this travesty.

Another child dies a sensless death and one girl in critical condition!
Please pray for both families and the community as we have to say good bye yet again.
For the families and friends sake....please keep your opinions to your self

"For the families and friends sake....please keep your opinions to your self" ????

get real! More families will have to suffer through similar instances unless the public is made aware of how IGNORANT AND STUPID it is to let untrained kids ride dangerous machines on the road. Heck we require that hunters take safety courses. Kids are supposed to wear helmets and take ATV safety courses. There are ages for operation of ATV's. If they were out playing with a rifle or dynamite, folks would be screaming. ATV's are not much different in the hands of irresponsible teens.

screamnholler wrote:

kids race around without helmets on Chancefford Twp roads daily and the cops never do a darn thing to stop it. 90% of the ATV's I see are ridden illegally, unregistered and most likely uninsured as well. Half acre Harrys buy these mechanized babysitters for their kids, totally ignoring their responsibility to train their kids to drive them responsibly and to make sure the kids have a LEGAL place to run them.
Pa law provides that the owner of the ATV is financially liable for the negligent operation of his machine by whomever is operating it.
If a parent drives DUI with a kid in the car, it is child endangerment, when they knowingly let an untrained irresponsible kid run loose illegally on the road ways on an ATV, it is no less serious a crime. If a licensed teen drives like an idiot on the road in a car and kills someone the DA is is chomping at the bit to bring criminal charges. Lets see if the DA's office even notices this travesty.

Do you expect the police to chase them? That's pointless, since they just drive off into the woods, or crash and die. No winners in that circumstance.

We expect the police to do what they do best.
Do something AFTER the fact. One less atv in the township, good.

screamnholler wrote:

kids race around without helmets on Chancefford Twp roads daily and the cops never do a darn thing to stop it. 90% of the ATV's I see are ridden illegally, unregistered and most likely uninsured as well. Half acre Harrys buy these mechanized babysitters for their kids, totally ignoring their responsibility to train their kids to drive them responsibly and to make sure the kids have a LEGAL place to run them.
Pa law provides that the owner of the ATV is financially liable for the negligent operation of his machine by whomever is operating it.
If a parent drives DUI with a kid in the car, it is child endangerment, when they knowingly let an untrained irresponsible kid run loose illegally on the road ways on an ATV, it is no less serious a crime. If a licensed teen drives like an idiot on the road in a car and kills someone the DA is is chomping at the bit to bring criminal charges. Lets see if the DA's office even notices this travesty.

You have State Police coverage in Cnaceford Twp. what do you expect? You don't pay any extra taxes for police like many other York County property owners who pay for municipal police service. I'm more than happy to pay my township tax for municipal police, when I call them they show up and are concerned about what's going on in the Township (West Manheim).

Aren't we missing the finality of the situation. You can have a million opinions and it won't change the facts. We would do better to send condolences to the friends and families of this tragic accident. If you have children or can remember when you were a child you might bite your tongues and not be so critical of two young people who didn't purposely set out to be beaten verbally by strangers. Please send prayers and heartfelt concern to these girls families and friends! They will surely need it in the days to come.

just because wrote:

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You have State Police coverage in Cnaceford Twp. what do you expect? You don't pay any extra taxes for police like many other York County property owners who pay for municipal police service. I'm more than happy to pay my township tax for municipal police, when I call them they show up and are concerned about what's going on in the Township (West Manheim).

Stupid posts!! Than when police arrest them, we cry fowl and say why not get drug dealers etc and leave us alone.. Cry Babies!!

How dare you! You insensitive Bast---! One question- what's it like to not have a heart? This girl lost her life- can you just imagine what her parents and the friends' parents that she was with; what they are going thru right now? Not to mention that she was a school student with many friends that are also coping with a great loss right now! How do you know for sure that they were riding in the road? Just because the ATV was found in the road, doesn't mean that they were riding on the road. To fill you in, they were actually JUST dropped off the bus. Right now isn't the time to point a finger at everything they did wrong and make it look like they deserved what happened! As any normal person would do, you offer your condolenses and simpathize with the community!! Try to put yourself in someone elses shoes...how would you take it, if you just lost a daughter-granddaughter-sister- cousin-FRIEND...? I'm sure you wouldn't be thinking about why they were riding on the road!

Bill wrote:

Why were they riding in the road to start with? It is illegal to ride ATV or Dirt bikes in the road.

My prayers and condolences go to the families, school friends, love ones and community that suffer such a terrible loss of life. Also to the girl that is still in the hospital, may God give her healing both in body and spirit. We need to come together at a time like this and support one another. Not fight and yell about what could have been. Deal with that at a later date. Right now it's about them and their families. Try to respect them and one another. Life is too short.

thoughts wrote:

What grade were these girls in? Why weren't they in school?? Red Lion had school today....did they go to Vo-Tech??

They had just gotten home from school - they are Freshmen at Red Lion High School.