DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Gregory J. Ormsby and Stacey L. Ormsby, both 42 years old, lost their lives just after midnight Sunday when the Polaris ATV they were riding ran off a roadway and struck a tree on US 160, 15 miles west of Doniphan.
According to the Highway Patrol, the ATV overturned upon impact, ejecting both the Ormsbys. Gregory Ormsby was driving the ATV at the time of the wreck. He was pronounced dead at Ripley Memorial Hospital at 1:11 a.m. Stacey Ormsby died at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center just after 6 a.m. Sunday.
The couple was southbound on US 160 when the wreck occurred. Neither was wearing a safety device at the time of the accident, the patrol report states.
The fatalities are the 14th and 15th in Troop E for the 2013 year.