[MENA] At 4:05 PM on Thursday, March 26, 2015, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch was notified of an ATV accident on Polk County Road 81 in the Shady community. Polk County Sheriff’s Deputies, a Law Enforcement Officer with the U.S. Forest Service and Southwest EMS were dispatched to the scene.
Upon arrival, officers discovered that a 2-vehicle ATV accident had occurred between a father and a son. The rider of one of the ATVs, a juvenile male, age 6, was ejected from the ATV that he was riding on. When emergency medical services personnel arrived, they determined that the juvenile male was deceased.
The family involved in the ATV accident was on vacation visiting Polk County from Huntsville, Arkansas. Officials have not released any other details about the accident at this time.
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