A Tangipahoa teenager has been arrested after allegedly crashing a ATV on a public road that injured three others. Sheriff Gerald Sticker says the incident happened during the middle of the night over the weekend in the Kentwood area. Sticker says the teen driver was traveling at a high rate of speed.
“The operator of that ATV, 18-year-old Mason Simpson, lost control of that vehicle, left the roadway and struck a tree,” Sticker said.
One of the riders remains hospitalized.
Sticker says after investigating the crash 18-year-old Mason Simpson was booked on several charges.
“It led us to charge Mr. Simpson with reckless operation of a motor vehicle, no proof of insurance, failure to carry a registration and, I think, the three counts of negligent injury,” Sticker explained.
Sticker says Simpson was previously arrested in July on a DWI charge and was out on bond. The sheriff says information about the ATV crash will be sent to the judge overseeing his DWI case.
“He will be facing a potential bond revocation on the previous arrest as well,” Sticker noted.
Sticker says he cannot comment one way or the other on whether they suspect Simpson was under the influence when he was driving the ATV this past weekend.
