Article: Designated ATV areas could curtail vengeful acts ?

By Amanda Pinto Register Staff

When 13-year-old Nicholas Parisot died aboard his off-road motorbike in June, ATV enthusiast Dan Salomone was sickened and saddened, but not shocked.

Nicholas, of Wilton, was killed when he struck a rope tied between trees across a private trail where he was riding, Wilton Police Capt. Michael Lombardo said. Nicholas died of neck injuries.

More than 15 years ago, Salomone, of Haddam, hit a wire tied at neck height across a private trail where he was riding illegally. He jumped up in time to avoid being hit in the neck, and the wire hit him in his chest, taking him off his bike, which crashed, he said.

Police are "looking at some people of interest" in the ...

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