JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. -- A volunteer firefighter is dead after an ATV crash at a motorsports park in Johnston County.

• It happened at Galot Motorsports Park Saturday evening.
• The rider hit the breaks too hard, flipping over the handrail of his ATV.
• Officials believe the victim was a volunteer firefighter.

It happened at Galot Motorsports Park Saturday evening.

The rider, Brock Currens, hit the brakes too hard, flipping over the handrail of his ATV.

He later died of his injuries.

Currens was also a junior at South Johnson High School.