Jersey County Sheriff Mark Kallal provided more details today on the recent four-wheeler crash in Fieldon.

The Jersey County 911 dispatchers received a call at 1:34 p.m. on Monday, May 25, that a male had collapsed in his yard, the sheriff said.

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"Further reports came in that it was in fact a four-wheeler accident," Kallal said in the release.

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Jersey County Deputies, Jersey Community Ambulance, and Rosedale Fire Department were dispatched to the scene.

Benjamin L. Zimmerman, 39, of Fieldon had been riding a four-wheeler when he lost control of it causing it to overturn more than once. Zimmerman was ejected before it came to a stop. Zimmerman was pronounced dead at the scene by Jersey County Coroner Larry J. Alexander.

The accident occurred approximately one tenth of a mile from Fieldon Hollow Road.

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