(Guthrie Co.) An Audubon man suffered serious injuries in an ATV accident in Guthrie County.
The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office says at 3:22 a.m. on July 4th, dispatch received a call about a male who had hit a tree on an ATV and had severe head injuries. Panora EMS was en route. Deputies spoke to two men on scene who stated that 22-year-old Aaron Robert Gust had taken the ATV out for a ride and when he didn’t come back, they got worried and so they drove down the gravel road and found Gust laying in the ditch. The two men admitted to drinking.
The ATV had hit a barb wire fence and a tree and had severe front end damage.
Gust was transported by Mercy One and flown to Mercy in Des Moines.
After Mercy One had taken Gust, one of the men on scene, 19-year-old Layne Borkowski, asked Panora EMS if they could look at him because he thought he might have a concussion. Borkowski admitted to EMS that he was on the back of the ATV. He remembered leaving the driveway on the back, but did not remember anything after that. He then called his bother to come to the scene.
Charges are pending.
