By Associated Press - Sunday, June 11, 2017

TUCKER, Ark. (AP) - Jefferson County authorities say an 8-year-old girl was killed when an all-terrain vehicle she was riding crashed in Tucker.

Authorities told reporters the girl was riding with her stepmother shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday at Tucker City Park when the ATV flipped and pinned the girl beneath it.

The girl’s name has not been released.



Investigators say the girl was flown to a hospital in Pine Bluff, where she later died.

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