News Short: Life flight responds to dirt bike accident, Sand Mountain

Written by Natalie Barrett
January 4, 2014

ST. GEORGE ­– Life flight was called to Sand Mountain in Hurricane on Saturday after an adult man was injured while riding a dirt bike.

“He had a helmet on, but his foot was crushed between his dirt bike and some rocks,“ said Laura Melling, the Sand Hollow complex park manager.

Life flight flew over Warner Valley in response to the call. While life flight was en route, the man transported himself to Dixie Regional Medical Center, Melling said.

The man has since left the hospital.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Natalie Barrett can, in one day, help her husband get out the door to med school, write a story on a crash on the interstate, feed her daughter baby food, prepare for a Southern Utah foot race and kiss bruised ankles after gymnastics lessons. Natalie received her bachelor’s degree in print journalism from Brigham Young University in 2011.

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