On Saturday, July 4, 2020 at 7:12pmCT, Adair County Deputy Chandler Staten responded to an ATV collision on Chestnut Grove Rd, 15 miles south of Columbia. The preliminary investigation indicates that 40-year-old Amanda Walker of Charleston, South Carolina was operating an ATV with a 10-year-old juvenile male child. She lost control of the ATV, running it off a small bridge abatement. Both Walker and the juvenile were treated on scene by Adair EMS and the Breeding Fire Department before being transported to TJ Health Columbia by EMS. Walker was loaded from the parking lot straight into a waiting helicopter, where she was airlifted to University of Louisville. The juvenile was treated and later released.
Alcohol is believed to be a contributing factor and charges may forthcoming pending test results. The Adair County Sheriff's Office is continuing the investigation.
