Cops have arrested a Kentwood teen after an ATV crash.
"Just after midnight Saturday, November 7, the TPSO was notified of a crash with injuries in the 20000 block of Green Farm Road in the Kentwood area," Public Information Officer Ashley Rodrigue said in a news release. "Deputies arrived to find that four people were in an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) when it lost control, overturned multiple times, and landed against a tree."
She says the driver and three passengers were all injured.
"Mason Simpson, 18, was booked on three counts of Negligent Injuring and No Seatbelt as well as one count each of Reckless Operation of a Vehicle, Off-Road Vehicle on a Roadway, No Proof of Insurance, and Failure to Carry Registration."
One of the victims was injured so badly, they needed more advanced care on the Southshore.
"A 17-year-old passenger was flown to a New Orleans hospital with serious injuries and remains there today. A 16-year-old passenger and Simpson, the driver, were transported to a local hospital, treated and released. The last passenger, an 18-year-old, refused treatment on scene."
Rodrigue says while the vehicle was not registered to be operated on the roadway, it did have seatbelts. No one was wearing them.
This was not Simpon's first traffic arrest.
"At the time of this arrest, Simpson was out on bond from a DWI arrest back in July. In that case, Simpson was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle that was sitting idle in the middle of an Amite highway several yards from an unrelated serious injury crash scene."
He has bonded out of jail on the new charges.
