Thursday, September 06, 2007
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Lincoln man dies in ATV accident in Missouri           Send a link to a friend

[September 06, 2007]  A 29-year-old Lincoln man, Matthew Lawrence, died on Sunday after an ATV accident.

Missouri State Highway Patrol for Wayne County, Mo., was contacted at 6:05 p.m.

Lawrence had been driving southbound on a private roadway five miles north of Silva, Mo., about 70 miles south of St. Louis. He lost control of a Polaris ATV, it overturned, and he was ejected.

Lawrence was airlifted to Madison Memorial Hospital in Fredericktown, Mo., where he was pronounced dead at 8:20 p.m. by an emergency room doctor.

Lawrence was not wearing any safety devices.

[LDN]

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