ATV accident leaves authorities shaken
Safety: Four-wheeler's wreck killed 2-year-old, dad
ATV accident in Arkoma leaves authorities shaken
By Hailey R. Branson
Published: July 1, 2008
Modified: June 30, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Modified: June 30, 2008 at 10:36 pm
ARKOMA — The police chief's voice shakes when he talks about an all-terrain vehicle accident that killed a father and 2-year-old son Friday.
"It's all still just a big blur,” Thomas Lenard said Monday.
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What happened
Lenard said there was evidence Owenby accelerated to get the four-wheeler out of a small hole near the bluff and went over and into the river.
"You can see where his tire was spinning,” said Lenard. "He was stuck.”
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol found Joshua Owenby's body early Saturday in the river at the accident site, Lenard said.
Authorities with the Sebastian County, Ark., sheriff's department found the toddler's body about 4:30 p.m. Saturday about a half-mile from the accident site.
"He had floated against some brush on the bank,” Lenard said.
Police and fire crews and emergency management officials from Arkoma, Pocola, Roland and Panama assisted with the search, as well as the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and sheriff's departments from Sebastian and Crawford counties in Arkansas.
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