RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Two men from Texas are dead from injuries sustained when an all-terrain vehicle they were riding hit a tree in Pope County.

Arkansas State Police say the ATV hit a tree when it veered off a Forrest Service road on Saturday.

Pronounced dead at the scene were 44-year-old John Andrew Beard of Spring, Texas, and 48-year-old Jonathan Norvell West of Humble, Texas.

The crash report says Beard was driving and failed to negotiate a leftward curve and went off the right side of the road.

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