Full Version: 16 Year Old Girl Killed In Glamis
I talked to my dad last night, he told me his friends 16 daughter was killed when she was hit by a truck when she was on a quad. This happend over Holloween weekend. I dont know any more details. If anyone has any info please let me know.
QUOTE(Zuki @ Nov 11 2005, 12:06 PM)
I talked to my dad last night, he told me his friends 16 daughter was killed when she was hit by a truck when she was on a quad. This happend over Holloween weekend. I dont know any more details. If anyone has any info please let me know.
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Is this the same as the gal killed at Gordons Well that weekend or another incident? Sounds the same. She was from West Hills HS in Santee.
It could be... He didnt have any details...
Yes, I believe... 
Weekend at dunes marred by two fatal accidents
BY BLAKE SCHMIDT, SUN STAFF WRITER
Oct 29, 2005
At least two people died and emergency crews responded to at least two dozen calls for medical emergencies Friday and Saturday at the Imperial Sand Dunes during the recreation season's traditional opening weekend.
A 16-year-old girl from Santee, Calif., died after her quad collided head-on with a pickup just before midnight Friday in Gordon's Well at the Dune Buggy Flats, according to California Highway Patrol spokesman Jim Bettencourt.
A Sun Care helicopter evacuated the girl to Yuma Regional Medical Center. The girl had a passenger with her on the quad, but no one else was sent to the hospital in the accident, Bettencourt said.
At the time of rescue, the girl had suffered major injuries, including head trauma, a left broken femur and a broken wrist, Bettencourt said.
Bettencourt said he did not know whether the girl died en route or at the hospital.
In another wreck in the Glamis area east of Brawley at about 5 p.m. Saturday, a 31-year-old woman HOLLY GORRELL from Huntington Beach, Calif., died after her dirt bike collided with a dune buggy, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Steve Salcedo. She died at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Brawley three hours after the accident, according to Salcedo.
It was a busier Halloween weekend than usual, according to Bureau of Land Management spokesman Gary Taylor.
On an average Halloween weekend, the dunes area sees between 15,000 to 20,000 people, Taylor said. As many as 50,000 showed up this weekend at the dunes, an area that ranges from Highway 78 to Buttercup, or Gray's Well. Taylor said that is a rough estimate that will be updated on Monday.
"It's because of the nice weather, it was not too hot, not too cold," Taylor said.
In an average year, between five and 10 deaths will occur in the dunes, according to Taylor. Taylor said the number of medical responses was about average for a Halloween weekend.
San Diego resident Alex Macpherson stood outside of an ambulance Saturday morning. Inside, his friend laid motionless on a stretcher. The friend had wiped out on her first ride of the day, flipping head over heels and landing on her shoulder. She probably broke her collarbone, Macpherson said.
"I'll be going back out, everybody will be going back out to ride. This kind of stuff happens," Macpherson said. It was Macpherson's first time at Gray's Well.
A few miles down the highway at Gordon's Well, west of Gray's Well, Lisa Faulkner sat around in a circle with her friends and family where they had set up camp. All around them, engines revved and rigs kicked up dust.
It was Saturday morning, and they were still waking up. In a few hours, they would head up the dune behind them to watch drag races.
A Yuma resident, Faulkner has been coming to the dunes since high school, when she used to come with friends to party in the desert. More people come every year, she said, particularly more families with kids.
Her husband David pointed to two strobe lights on top of his friend's RV.
"You've got to have something different to be able to find your camp at night, there's so many people," he said.
Lisa nodded.
"It just gets bigger and bigger every year," she said.
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Blake Schmidt can be reached at bschmidt@yumasun.com or 539-6852.
© Copyright, YumaSun.com
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Weekend at dunes marred by two fatal accidents
BY BLAKE SCHMIDT, SUN STAFF WRITER
Oct 29, 2005
At least two people died and emergency crews responded to at least two dozen calls for medical emergencies Friday and Saturday at the Imperial Sand Dunes during the recreation season's traditional opening weekend.
A 16-year-old girl from Santee, Calif., died after her quad collided head-on with a pickup just before midnight Friday in Gordon's Well at the Dune Buggy Flats, according to California Highway Patrol spokesman Jim Bettencourt.
A Sun Care helicopter evacuated the girl to Yuma Regional Medical Center. The girl had a passenger with her on the quad, but no one else was sent to the hospital in the accident, Bettencourt said.
At the time of rescue, the girl had suffered major injuries, including head trauma, a left broken femur and a broken wrist, Bettencourt said.
Bettencourt said he did not know whether the girl died en route or at the hospital.
In another wreck in the Glamis area east of Brawley at about 5 p.m. Saturday, a 31-year-old woman HOLLY GORRELL from Huntington Beach, Calif., died after her dirt bike collided with a dune buggy, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Steve Salcedo. She died at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Brawley three hours after the accident, according to Salcedo.
It was a busier Halloween weekend than usual, according to Bureau of Land Management spokesman Gary Taylor.
On an average Halloween weekend, the dunes area sees between 15,000 to 20,000 people, Taylor said. As many as 50,000 showed up this weekend at the dunes, an area that ranges from Highway 78 to Buttercup, or Gray's Well. Taylor said that is a rough estimate that will be updated on Monday.
"It's because of the nice weather, it was not too hot, not too cold," Taylor said.
In an average year, between five and 10 deaths will occur in the dunes, according to Taylor. Taylor said the number of medical responses was about average for a Halloween weekend.
San Diego resident Alex Macpherson stood outside of an ambulance Saturday morning. Inside, his friend laid motionless on a stretcher. The friend had wiped out on her first ride of the day, flipping head over heels and landing on her shoulder. She probably broke her collarbone, Macpherson said.
"I'll be going back out, everybody will be going back out to ride. This kind of stuff happens," Macpherson said. It was Macpherson's first time at Gray's Well.
A few miles down the highway at Gordon's Well, west of Gray's Well, Lisa Faulkner sat around in a circle with her friends and family where they had set up camp. All around them, engines revved and rigs kicked up dust.
It was Saturday morning, and they were still waking up. In a few hours, they would head up the dune behind them to watch drag races.
A Yuma resident, Faulkner has been coming to the dunes since high school, when she used to come with friends to party in the desert. More people come every year, she said, particularly more families with kids.
Her husband David pointed to two strobe lights on top of his friend's RV.
"You've got to have something different to be able to find your camp at night, there's so many people," he said.
Lisa nodded.
"It just gets bigger and bigger every year," she said.
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Blake Schmidt can be reached at bschmidt@yumasun.com or 539-6852.
© Copyright, YumaSun.com
That was her.
i have been going to Glamis since the late 70's and it has gotten to where i will not take my family on the big weekends any more it has gotten out of hand. i love to ride and fly just as much as the next guy but too many people are out in the dusbe and 75 % of then dont look out and dont care. i am heading out wednesday 11/16 and returning 11/21 as i do every year. the group has now grown to 19 families that go ony on the off weekends and we all seem to have just as much fun.
I have some knowledge of this. Parents, make sure you know where your kids are when they say they are spending the night at a friends... Sad stuff here.
It seems that there are more deaths every year. It sucks!
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