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11-year-old killed in Ironton ATV crash

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IRONTON, MO (KFVS) -

An 11-year-old boy died after troopers say he crashed an ATV.

It happened in a field near Ironton around 10:30 Wednesday morning.

According to the highway patrol, 11-year-old Jerry Law was trying to jump a hill when he went airborne.

Troopers say he was thrown from the ATV. That vehicle then landed on the boy.

Law was taken to a St. Louis hospital where he died.

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