Crime & Safety

Merrick Man Dies in ATV Accident in California

The 40-year-old fell off the ATV Friday evening near San Jose, report says.

A Merrick man was killed in an ATV accident in California on Friday evening, according to a report in the San Jose Mercury News.

Daniel Louis Didden, 40, was riding on trails with relatives east of San Jose when he lost control of the ATV he was riding and fell off, the report says. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

In May, a 36-year-old Bellmore man was killed in an ATV accident in upstate New York.

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