An 8-year-old girl died Saturday night after she was pinned under an ATV in a crash in Jefferson County, authorities said.
The girl was riding with her stepmother shortly before 9 p.m. at Tucker City Park in Tucker when the ATV crashed near J.T. Henslee Road and Arkansas 15 North, the Jefferson County sheriff said in a news release.
The ATV flipped and came to a rest on top of the 8-year-old girl, pinning her under it, the release said.
The girl, whose name was not released, was taken by helicopter to Jefferson Regional Medical Center, where she died a short time later.
The girl was reported to not have been wearing a helmet, the sheriff said. The investigation is ongoing.