UPDATE: Sheriff’s office responds to ATV accident

EUNICE – At approximately 7:40 a.m. on Wednesday morning, deputies with the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office responded to an ATV accident that occurred in the 100 block of Arborlich Lane near Eunice.

According to Acadia Parish Sheriff Wayne Melancon deputies investigating the accident advised that a man and woman were hunting hogs on their ATV in a wooded area and hit a wash out, flipping the ATV they were riding on.

Melancon advised that the female subject was air lifted by Acadian Ambulance to a Lafayette hospital while the male subject was taken by ground unit to an Opelousas hospital. The facts are unknown as to the severity of their injuries.

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