On 1-5-2021, at about 4:58 PM, the Benton County Sheriff's Office received a report of an ATV accident with injury on 64th St, about 1 mile east of Shellsburg IA. A Polaris 500 ATV, with two occupants had lost control, going into the ditch. An 18-year-old male from Cedar Rapids IA, was found deceased at the scene.  A second subject, an 18-year-old male from Cedar Rapids, was injured and transported to a local hospital for treatment. Names of the victims are being withheld at this time. Assisting at the scene were the; Shellsburg Fire Dept and First Responders, Hiawatha Ambulance, Benton County Sheriff's Office, and the Iowa State Patrol.   The incident remains under investigation.

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