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Driver arrested after ATV crash near Chillicothe

A Chillicothe man has been arrested for investigation of driving while intoxicated after an ATV crash in Livingston County.

According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 36-year-old Matthew Curtis was operating a 2004 Honda ATV with a 14-year-old passenger shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday on east 10th Street, just east of Chillicothe.  The Patrol said Curtis failed to slow reasonably to navigate the corner onto Missouri Avenue and the ATV overturned. Both Curtis and his passenger were thrown from the 4-wheeler.  Curtis and the 14-year-old boy were transported to Hedrick Medical Center for treatment of what was described as moderate injuries.

An arrest report from the MSHP, shows Curtis was arrested for investigative charges of driving while intoxicated causing serious physical injury to another, operating an ATV on a highway, unlawfully operating an all-terrain vehicle carrying a passenger when not designed to do so and driving while suspended.  As of 9:30 a.m. Wednesday charges were not filed on online court documents.

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