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Emergency crews in Wayne County say four people were airlifted with serious injuries from the Busco Beatch ATV Park over the weekend. In the wake of the accidents, WRAL News has been pushing the park's new owners about their safety procedures.

ON WRAL DOT COM AND THE WRAL NEWS AT >> ALL. NEW AT 5, WE'RE WORKING TO LEARN THE CONDITIONS OF 4 PEOPLE AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SEVERE INJURIES FROM THE BUS GO BEACH ATV PARK. AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AT THE PARK. ONLY THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND. WRAL'S KEENAN, WILLARD IS PRESSING THE PARK'S NEW OWNERS FOR ANSWERS ABOUT THEIR SAFETY PROCEDURES. >> THE INJURIES HAPPENED DURING THE FALL BASH EVENT HERE BUSCO BEACH OVER THE WEEKEND WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE PACKING INTO RIDE. ATV'S AND YOUR TV'S ACROSS THE COURSE COMES AFTER YEARS OF SERIOUS INJURIES AND DEATHS OF THE PARK. >> THIS YEAR'S FALL BASH BROUGHT HUGE CROWDS TO BOSCO BEACH WHERE RODGERS HIT THE TRAILS OVER 4 DAYS FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. DURING THAT TIME, WAYNE COUNTY EMS SAYS THEY RESPONDED TO MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS AT THE PARK. 4 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN BY HELICOPTER TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. I MEAN, IT'S UNFORTUNATE HERE. THESE ARE CALCULATED RISK THAT WE TAKE OUT HERE IS A VERY POWERFUL MACHINES WHEN THEY GET THEIR DAMAGE. THEY ARE THE FIRST SEVERE ACCIDENT. THE PARK, A 16 YEAR-OLD BOY HAD HIS ARM PARTIALLY AMPUTATED LAST APRIL AFTER AN ATV WRECK HERE. AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SAY SINCE 2013 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN MOSCOW BEACH, 7 OF THOSE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ATV CRASHES WHILE 6 OF THE DEATHS HAPPENED BY DROWNING LAST WEEK. PLUS, CO BEACH ANNOUNCED THE PARK IS UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP. WRAL REACHED OUT TO THE NEW OWNERS ASKING FOR A RESPONSE TO THIS WEEKEND'S INJURIES. AND IF THEY PLAN TO IMPLEMENT ANY SAFETY CHANGES AT BUSCO BEACH, THE OWNERS TOLD WRAL THEY'RE WORKING ON A RESPONSE. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF SAFETY PRIDE HERE OBVIOUSLY HAVE THERE'S THOUSANDS OF WRITERS. AND I THINK THE PLAY THE ODDS AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE BEACH TRIED TO LEAVE THAT OUT OVER THE ALL THE WRITERS IN THE COUNTRY, IN THE NATION, UNFORTUNATELY GOING TO HAVE ACCIDENTS. SOME RIDERS SAY THEY FEEL BUSCO BEACH IS A WELL-RUN PARK, BUT THE SPORT BRING SOME UNAVOIDABLE RISKS FOR PARTICIPANTS TO CUT DOWN ON THAT RISK. THEY RECOMMEND WEARING A HELMET, KEEPING SPEED IN CHECK AND NEVER DRINKING WHILE ON AN ATV. OBVIOUSLY GETTING READY BY. >> YOU KNOW, JUST BEING SAFE ABOUT IT BEING CAUTIOUS AND

Four people airlifted from Busco Beach after weekend accidents

First responders airlifted the 16-year-old boy to the Vidant Medical Center in Greenville for further care.

SURE TO SOAK THE AREA IN HOT WATER TO GET RID OF ANY REMAINING TOXINS >> A 16 YEAR-OLD CAME WITHIN INCHES OF LOSING PART OF HIS ARM DURING AN ATV ACCIDENT AT A WAYNE COUNTY ATV PARK. IT HAPPENED A BUS GO BEACH IN GOLDSBOROUGH AND COMES AFTER 2 PEOPLE DIED IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS AT THE SAME PARK LAST YEAR. WRAL'S KEENAN, WILLARD IS PRESSING THE BUSINESS ON HOW IT PLANS TO KEEP RIDERS SAFE THIS SUMMER. >> WARNING SIGNS OUT HERE. BOSCO BEACH SAY RIDERS COME TO THE PARK AT THEIR OWN RISK AND EVEN AFTER MULTIPLE DEATHS AND A NEAR AMPUTATION, FIRST RESPONDERS SAY THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE THE PARK CAN DO TO PREVENT THESE INCIDENTS JUST AFTER 02:00PM ON SUNDAY, THE MAREK FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT A CALL FOR A SERIOUS ATV ACCIDENT NEARBY BUSCO BEACH. IT'S A POPULAR TERRAIN PARK OUTSIDE OF GOLDSBOROUGH. WHEN EMT'S ARRIVED, THEY FOUND A 16 YEAR-OLD BOY WHOSE ARM HAD BEEN PARTIALLY TORN OFF AT THE ELBOW ONCE THEY EVALUATE THE PATIENT WAS A SIDE OF THE CALL HELICOPTER TO THE EXTENT OF DAMAGES TO HIS ARM. CHIEF TOMMY BAKER SAYS THE BOY WAS AIRLIFTED TO GREENVILLE WHERE DOCTORS WERE ABLE TO SAVE HIS ARM TO THE MOST RECENT IN A STRING OF SERIOUS INCIDENTS AT BUSCO BEACH, A WRAL INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT SINCE 2000 AT LEAST 7 PEOPLE HAVE DIED. AN ATV ACCIDENT TO THE PARK AND 6 OTHERS OF DROUGHT. 2 OF THOSE DEATHS HAPPENED IN 9 DAYS BETWEEN APRIL AND MAY. LAST YEAR WE WENT TO BUSCO BEACH TODAY AND ASKED THE BUSINESS WHAT CAUSED YESTERDAY'S ACCIDENT AS WELL AS WHAT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS THEY HAVE IN PLACE TO KEEP RIDERS SAFE. THE BUSINESS DECLINED TO COMMENT AND CALLS TO OWNER AMBER PIERCE WENT UNANSWERED. BUT AFTER DECADES OF RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY CALLS IN THIS AREA, THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS THERE'S NOT MUCH BUSCO BEACH CAN DO TO PREVENT ANY OF THESE INCIDENTS ARE NOT IT'S AN ATV PART. >> ANYTIME YOU HAVE A TV, YOU WANT TO HAVE ACCIDENTS. CHIEF BAKER SAYS RIDERS USE ATV'S AT THEIR OWN RISK AND BUSCO BEACH REQUIRES RIDERS TO USE HELMETS ON THE COURSE. HE SAYS THE BOY IN YESTERDAY'S ACCIDENT WAS WEARING 1, 2, MOST ANYBODY WHO GETS THOSE TAKES AN ATV SAFETY THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN THOSE SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE APPLIED, BUT IT'S HARD TO POLICE WHEN YOU HAVE 5, 6,000 PEOPLE SOMETIMES DOWN THERE, THEY CAN

Teen boy nearly loses entire arm in ATV accident at Busco Beach

Teen boy nearly loses arm in ATV accident at Busco Beach

Teenage boy nearly loses arm in ATV accident at Busco Beach

On Sunday, first responders airlifted the 16-year-old boy to the Vidant Medical Center in Greenville for further care.

The drowning death Sunday evening of a 46-year-old man marked the second time in nine days that someone died at the Busco Beach ATV Park outside Goldsboro.

SEND THE GAS PRICES EVEN HIGHER. >>> FOR THE SECOND WEEKEND IN A ROW, A VISITOR HAS DIED AT BUSCO BEACH ATB PARK OUTSIDE OF GOLDSBORO. A MAN DROWNED YESTERDAY, AND NINE DAYS EARLIER A 21-YEAR-OLD DIED. BASED ON OUR PAST REPORTING, THE PARK HAS BEEN THE SITE OF SEVEN DEATHS LINKED TO THESE VEHICLES USE ALONG WITH DROWNINGS. BRYAN MIMS QUESTION THE OWNERS AT WAYNE COUNTY OFFICIALS ABOUT HOW SAFETY CAN BE IMPROVED. >> Reporter: AMBER AND JIMMY PIERCE HAVE OWNED BUS GO PARK A TV PARK FOR YEARS. A SPOKESPERSON FOR WAYNE COUNTY SAID WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY, THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH THE COUNTY CAN DO. MONDAYS ARE QUITE AT BUSCO BEACH WITH THE OCCASIONAL MOTORCYCLE OR ATV. ON WEEKENDS IT RUMBLES WITH CROWDS, USING 2000 ACRES OF TRAILS. >> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO READ. PEOPLE, ALL OVER TO COME. >> JOE GILLY IS A SPOKESMAN FOR WAYNE COUNTY. HE SAID THE PARK HIRES OFF-DUTY SHERIFF'S ON THE WEEKENDS. >> WE HAVE SAFETY PLANS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AT ARE ALWAYS EVOLVING THOSE PLANTS. >> A MAN WAS KILLED AFTER HE WAS THROWN BACKWARDS FROM AN ATV ON APRIL 30. ON MOTHER'S DAY, A MAN DROWNED IN THE SWIMMING LEG. SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN ATV ACCIDENTS AT THE PARK SINCE 2004. SIX HAVE DROWNED IN THE PAST TWO DECADES. >> ATV RIDING IS DANGEROUS. >> THE PARK DOES POST SIGNS ABOUT HELMETS. OTHER SIGNS WARNED VISITORS THAT THEY RIDE AND SWIM AT THEIR OWN RISK. BUSCO BEACH REQUIRES ALL TO SIGN A WAIVER. WE SENT AN EMAIL TO WAYNE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ASKING IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER SAFETY REGULATIONS ON THE PARK. THE CHAIRMAN SAID IN A STATEMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. THE LAST ATV DEATH OCCURRED IN 2017. AT THE TIME THE OWNERS SAID SINCE THEY TOOK OVER, ACCIDENTS HAVE DECREASED DRAMATICALLY. BRYAN MIMS. >> HE CALLED THE PARK'S ATTORNEY TO ASK ABOUT SAFETY REGULATIONS. HE IS YET TO HEAR BACK.

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The incident comes on the heels of a deadly ATV accident at Busco Beach just weeks ago.

Man drowns at Busco Beach in Goldsboro

Man drowns at Busco Beach ATV park

Aaron Thomas provides updates from Busco Beach, where a busy weekend is still planned, despite the tragedy. 

ONE PERSON WAS HURT BUT IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY ARRESTS SO FAR. >>> WE'RE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS OUT OF GOLDSBORO. WHERE 21-YEAR-OLD DIED AND AN ATV ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT. WRAL FIRST BROUGHT THIS TO YOU AS BREAKING NEWS DURING OUR LATE NEWS AT 10:00 AND 11:00. ERIN THOMAS LOOKS INTO THE PARK'S PATH WHICH INCLUDES MULTIPLE FATALITIES. >> Reporter: DESPITE THE DEADLY ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT THIS IS THE CURRENT SCENE AT THE BEACH AND ATV PARK. YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE STILL TRYING TO GET INSIDE BUT SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES SAY IT'S CURRENTLY MAXIMUM CAPACITY. WRAL DID SOME DIGGING AND FOUND IT'S BEEN THE SITE OF SERVE FATALITIES LINKED TO ATV USE OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS AND FIVE DROWNINGS OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS A BUSY WEEKEND HERE AT BOSSCOBEACH AND ATV PARK IN ALBEMARLE. IT'S HOSTING MUD BASH WEEK AND WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TELLS WRAL A 21-YEAR-OLD DIED FRIDAY AFTER BEING THROWN BACKWARD FROM THE ATV CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE VEHICLE. HE WAS WEARING HEAD PROTECTION BUT DIED ON SCENE. SAVANNAH HILL STOPPED BY TO PICK UP A FRIEND. I ASKED HER WANT THE FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES. DID ANY OF THAT RAISE OWE BREWS TO YOU? >> THAT DOES, IT REALLY DOES. I MEAN I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S TO PEOPLE THAT LIKE -- NO PLACE. IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT. BECAUSE THEY CAN'T CONTROL WHAT YOU DO. >> Reporter: CERTAINLY A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AT THIS HOUR, THIS INCLUDES FINDING OUT THE IDENTITY OF THAT 21-YEAR-OLD AND FINDING OUT IF THERE'S ANY NEW RESTRICTIONS PUT INTO PLACE AFTER THIS DEADLY ACCIDENT.

21-year-old dies in fatal ATV accident at Busco Beach in Goldsboro

The accident occurred as the beach prepares for what was expected to be a busy weekend. 

<p>AND A GREAT WE &gt;&gt;&gt; WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS IN WAYNE COUNTY. 21-YEAR-OLD IS KILLED IN AN ATV ACCIDENT. &gt;&gt;&gt; WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT A SECOND ACCIDENT AT THAT SAME ATV PARK. WE HAVE LIVE COVERAGE. WE ARE NEAR THE SCENE IN GOLDSBORO. LET'S BEGIN WITH MARK.&gt;&gt; Reporter: SEVERAL ROADS AROUND THE PARK SHUT DOWN FOR A WHILE. THE BOULEVARD IS CLOSED DUE TO THE EMERGENCY. THIS IS MUD BASH WEEK. IT DRAWS THOUSANDS FOR THE ATV PARK CELEBRATION. THE BOULEVARD IS THE FOCUS WHERE THE TRAFFIC HAS BEEN BACKED UP. ROSE WE KNOW THE AGE OF THE PERSON WHO WAS KILLED.&gt;&gt; Reporter: WE WERE TOLD THAT PERSON WAS 21. THE ATV INVOLVED, IT WAS JUST ONE. HIGHWAY PATROL WAS BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. THEY LEFT BEFORE 10. YOU CAN SEE THE TRUCK WITH AN ATV ATTACHED LEAVING. OTHERS ARE WAITING. THEY ARE LINING U.S. 117. DOZENS OF ATVS AND TRUCKS WAITING. ALL WE KNOW IS IT HAPPEN. IT HAPPENED WHILE INVESTIGATING THE FATAL CRASH. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT LED UP TO THE CRASH. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO LEARN MORE DETAILS. I DID TALK TO THE TROOPERS AND THEY LEFT AND DID NOT GIVE ME MORE INFORMATION. IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THEY ARE LETTING PEOPLE IN. I TALKED TO PEOPLE BEHIND THE CAMERA AND THEY SAID THEY MAY WAIT OVERNIGHT. SOME DROVE A FEW HOURS TO ENJOY. UNFORTUNATELY IT STARTED WITH</p>