SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Former Utah congressman Bill Orton died in an ATV accident when his machine flipped over on a sand dune at Little Sahara Recreation Area. He was 60.
Juab County Sheriff Alden Orme told The Associated Press that Orton died almost immediately of his injuries about 4 p.m. Saturday.
Orton, a Democrat, was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997. He ran an unsuccessful campaign for Utah governor in 2000.
Orme says Orton was riding alone when his all-terrain vehicle crested a sand dune and the machine crashed, flipping over on him.
His body was taken by ambulance to Central Valley Medical Center in Nephi. An autopsy is pending.
The sheriff says Orton was wearing a helmet.
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