A minor involved in a crash of two four-wheelers last weekend has died.
According to the report submitted to the Arkansas State Police by the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, the crash took place last Saturday on Old Cricket Road near Omaha. One of the four-wheelers tried to overtake the other when they collided and threw the male victim off his vehicle.
The victim was taken to a Springfield Hospital and later died.
No name or age of the victim was released on the report.
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