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A viewing is scheduled tonight for Martin McConnell, a WERA regional racer, who died Saturday, May 11, while trail riding in Georgia. According to friend Lee Fields, McConnell was riding at Locust Stake ORV park in Toccoa, Georgia, with friends and fellow WERA road racers, when he crashed at low speed following a small jump. Although his friends performed CPR on him, McConnell apparently died from a broken neck, which stopped his breathing, according to a report received by Fields from doctors at a local hospital.

A viewing is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday, May 13 at Roswell Funeral Home, 950 Mansell Road, Roswell, Georgia 30076, (770) 993-4811. Funeral and burial services will be held at the same location at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 14.

An Information Technology worker by profession, McConnell, 31, is survived by his wife, Carri, daughter Amber, age 7, and son Joey, age 2.