Within the past three weeks, Yamaha Rhino rollover accidents have resulted in tragic losses for two different families in New York and Kentucky. The Times Union reported that on May 28, 2009, 13 year old James Wyatt Spencer died in a Yamaha Rhino tip over accident near his family home in Knox, New York. Spencer was driving a 2009 Yamaha Rhino with a friend when he hit a patch of wet grass and rolled. The machine flipped and landed on Spencer, causing massive head trauma. On June 13, 2009, Josh Davis, 14 years old, died of injuries suffered in yamaha rhino accident near Manchester, Kentucky. Davis was a student at Holy Cross High School and a member of Holy Cross Church in Latonia.

