5-year-old killed in ATV rollover crash
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Published: Mar. 20, 2023 at 9:37 AM CDT
RUSK COUNTY, Texas (KLTV/Gray News) – A 5-year-old boy from Mount Enterprise, Texas, was killed Saturday afternoon in an ATV crash.
According to the Department of Public Safety, a 39-year-old driver tried to stop one of the two minor passengers from falling out of the ATV but overcorrected which caused it to flip, ejecting the boy.
The 5-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the scene, DPS said.
The driver and a 9-year-old passenger were not hurt in the crash.
Mount Enterprise is a small city in Rusk County located in Northeast Texas about 30 miles from the Louisiana border.
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