Independence teenager killed in ATV accident

LOWRY CITY, Mo. – The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a 16-year-old boy has died after crashing his all-terrain vehicle.

The patrol says Mason Atagi of Independence died Sunday afternoon when he lost control of the ATV, hit a tree and was thrown off the vehicle.

Atagi died at the scene, about four miles east of Lowry City, which is about 100 miles southeast of Kansas City.