DE SOTO, Mo. -- A 12-year-old girl is dead after the ATV she was driving crashed.
KMOV-TV reported the accident happened early Sunday near De Soto. The girl's name has not been released.
Authorities said the girl and her brother were riding an all-terrain vehicle when she lost control, causing both of them to be thrown from it. The girl was flown to a hospital, where she died.
Her brother was not injured.
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