An accident by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a 10-year od LeFlore county resident was killed after an ATV accident just after 7 PM Sunday night.
The report says that four juveniles -ranging in age from five to 15 years of age-were operating ATV’s without helmets or seat belts on County Road 290 in Poteau when the accident occurred.
At one point the vehicles collided and ten-year old Behr Place was partially ejected when the Polaris ATV he was driving crashed into a second ATV driven by a 14-year old. Place sustained a head injury and was taken to the Poteau hospital and later air-lifted to St. Francis in Tulsa where he died.
No one else was injured.
In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that contributions be made to The Make A Wish Foundation in Fort Smith in this memory. The mailing address for the charity is 5118 Park Ave Fort Smith Ar, 72903.