PITKIN, LA – A 62-year-old woman died last Saturday evening when her ATV crashed along a roadway in southwest Vernon Parish, reports KPLC 7 News.
Police say the incident happened around 7 p.m. on Webster Maricle Road west of LA-113.
The preliminary investigation suggests that the tire on a 2004 John Deere ATV malfunctioned, causing the vehicle to overturn several times. The force of the collision threw the victim from the vehicle.
Medics transported the woman to an area hospital, where she later died from injuries sustained in the accident.
Authorities identified the victim as Belinda R. Thompson of Pitkin.
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