MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark., (AP) — Neither father nor son saw each other until it was too late as they approached the crest of a hill on a rural gravel road.

Steven Roth, 41, in his pickup truck, collided with his 16-year-old son Samuel B. Roth, who was doing a wheelie on his dirt bike. The boy died before paramedics arrived.

"I don't know that I could find either one of them at fault," Sheriff John Montgomery said.

The crash took place Thursday near the family's home, along a road just wide enough for two cars to pass each other.

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"I can't imagine what the family is going through," the sheriff said. "My heart goes out for them. I've got kids of my own. I can't imagine."

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