NE IA man dies following an ATV crash Friday afternoon
November 21st, 2025 by Ric Hanson
(Fayette County, IA) – A man operating a 4-wheel ATV died Friday afternoon in northeast Iowa, when the ATV entered a ditch and crashed. The accident happened at around 4:10-p.m. east of Sumner, in Fayette County. The Iowa State Patrol says the 2005 Arctic Cat ATV was being operated by 84-year-old Veryl Alfred Burghardt, of Fayette. He died from his injuries at a local hospital after being transported to the facility by Sumner EMS.




