BUSH, LA : Girl, 12, dies after ATV crash in St. Tammany Parish on Saturday, 19th August 2023

Two young girls were injured -- one fatally -- when they crashed an all-terrain vehicle into a tree Saturday evening (Aug. 19) near Bush, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said.

The agency said a 12-year-old girl died early Sunday at Children’s Hospital New Orleans, where she had been taken following initial treatment at a hospital in St. Tammany Parish. A 13-year-old girl also was injured in the crash.

The St. Tammany Parish Coroner’s office identified the victim who perished as Payton Strain, and said “initial indications” show she was the driver of the ATV when the crash occurred.

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