Glenn County Observer
Tuesday, the California Highway Patrol sent out a news release regarding the ATV accident that left a woman with ‘major trauma’ two days earlier.
According to the CHP, at about 4:03 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 19, Demi Dyer, 24, of Orland, was driving a 2018 Polaris ATV with a passenger, Kylee Barham, 27, of Orangevale, seated behind her.
Ms. Dyer was driving in a livestock pen on private property at 4660 County Road 202.
She was traveling west at about 10 miles per hour, approaching a steel fence brace with barbed wire fencing.
For unknown reasons, Ms. Dyer did not take any action to avoid the fence, despite Ms. Barham warning her.
The handlebar and headlight of the Polaris struck the horizontal portion of the fence brace. Ms. Dyer also struck the fence brace and was thrown from the ATV.
Ms. Dyer suffered apparent major injuries from the crash, described on the CHP’s traffic incident page on Sunday as “difficulty breathing, an injury to her stomach, and … bleeding from her mouth.”
She was flown by the Enloe FlightCare helicopter to Enloe Medical Center in Chico for treatment.
Ms. Dyer’s passenger, Ms. Barham, was not injured.
According to CHP Officer Thaddeus Williams, neither woman was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
According to Ms. Dyer’s Facebook page, she is from Vina and lives in Sacramento. She studied at Butte College International, and works for eFax Corporation as a sales representative.
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