Washburn Girl Life-flighted Following ATV Accident

An 11-year-old girl was life-flighted with serious injuries Thursday afternoon to a Springfield hospital after the Washburn pre-teen lost control of her ATV on a gravel road. Her name hasn’t been released, but the Highway Patrol says she crashed into a fence, and was thrown from the ATV on Mountain Road in Barry County around 4 o’clock. Troopers say she was not wearing a helmet.