ASHDOWN — Authorities in Little River County say a 62-year-old man has died after an all-terrain vehicle accident.
Sheriff Danny Russell says Ed Lansdell appeared to have drowned after he drove his ATV into a pond Sunday night. The four-wheeler was found overturned in the water and Lansdell’s body was nearby, authorities said.
Lansdell’s family called deputies after he failed to return after dark Sunday. Lansdell was pronounced dead at about 2 a.m. Monday.
Russell says there is no indication the death was anything but an accident and that no autopsy was ordered.
The death was the second ATV fatality over the weekend. A Washington County man was killed when his ATV went off a road and plunged 125 feet to a creek bed.
Arkansas, Pages 10 on 09/22/2010