One injured, one killed in ATV accident last week

ARBYRD, Mo. -- A 13-year-old boy was killed in an ATV accident Thursday morning near Arbyrd.

According to trooper J.B. Doyle of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened just after 8:30 a.m. on Dunklin County Road 637, 2 miles south of Missouri 164.

The accident occurred as a 1999 Polaris Sportsman all-terrain vehicle driven by 18-year-old Dallas Shands of Cardwell, Mo., swerved to avoid a collision with a farm tractor.

Shands and his passenger, 13-year-old Jake Jones of Arbyrd, were both thrown from the ATV.

Both teens were taken to Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett, Mo., where Jones was pronounced dead at 9:52 a.m. by Dr. James W. Fletcher.

According to members of Shands' family, he remains hospitalized with moderate injuries.

Trooper R.L. Vannada and the Dunklin County Sheriff's Department assisted in the crash investigation.

Pertinent address:

Arbyrd, Mo.