Man in his 70s falls down mineshaft while riding ATV, airlifted
A man in his 70s fell down a mineshaft while riding an ATV near Bouse, AZ on Saturday. He was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after a technical rescue.
On Saturday morning at around 11:30 am, emergency personnel were dispatched to the ‘Four Peaks’ area off Plomosa Road near Bouse, AZ for a subject that had fallen into an open mineshaft.
Upon arrival, the Sergeant in charge of La Paz County Search and Rescue learned that a male subject in his 70s had driven a ‘quad’, or ATV, up a hill and had accidentally driven into the mineshaft, falling approximately 25 feet down.