Pony euthanized after Yorkville ATV crash

June 18, 2012 (YORKVILLE, Ill.)

Around 3 a.m. Sunday, Kendall County sheriff's deputies responded to a home in the 11500-block of Brisbin Road in Yorkville. Authorities say Quintin P Wissmiller, 33, was injured.

Police say Wissmiller was driving a Polaris Ranger ATV south on Brisbin Road near Helmar Road when he struck a Shetland pony that was in the roadway. Police say Wissmiller was intoxicated and driving with a revoked driver's license.

Wissmiller was taken to Morris Hospital in Morris, Ill., by paramedics from Bristol Kendall Fire District. He was charged with DUI and driving without a license.

The pony was put down due to a back injury suffered from the crash.

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