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12-year-old dies after ATV crash

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PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - A western Kentucky child has died following an all-terrain vehicle crash.

Ciara Greenwell of Reidland in McCracken County died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN, Sunday night.

The Paducah Sun reported the 12-year-old girl was injured Saturday night when the ATV she was riding hit a fence.

Hospital spokeswoman Barb Cramer told the newspaper Ciara died about 7:45 p.m. Sunday following surgery.

McCracken County Sheriff Jon Hayden said his office has investigated a growing number of ATV crashes. Hayden said the child's family donated her organs.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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