Springfield 26-year-old Dies in Douglas Missouri

A Springfield man is dead after his ATV struck an embankment and overturned ejecting him. Around noon Saturday 26-year-old Landen N. Johnson was driving a 2009 Polaris ATV on a private road off County Road 321 several miles west of Sweeden in Douglas County when he hit the embankment.

The Douglas County Coroner pronounced him dead a short time later.

This is Troops G's 36th fatality for 2012.This report corrects a previous report where the person killed was reported as 16-years-old.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol report currently incorrectly states that the person killed was 16 years old. This information was corrected by a relative.