Hansum Stranger
11-06-2006, 06:51 PM
Three teens injured in roll-over
Three teenagers were sent to hospitals Friday night, victims in a single-vehicle roll-over wreck. Texas Highway Patrol Trooper Jim Bob Walters identified two girls, both in their middle to late teens, as Stephanie and Kobi Pilcher. Stephanie is 15, he said, Kobi is 14. Both were flown by helicopter ambulances to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. Stephenie is in critical condition in the ICU suffering from multiple broken bones. Kobi is showing improvement and has been moved to a regular room. The driver was Aadam Parker, 18. He went by ambulance to Wilson N. Jones Medical Center with injuries that could be considered life-threatening.
Walters said that the truck in which the three people rode was going east. It had been following or traveling with another vehicle, but lost control and rolled an undetermined amount of times, then landed upside down on the south side of the roadway. The two Pilcher girls were thrown several feet away, landing near one another on a short hill slightly farther south. The vehicle landed on top of Parker, who was freed by firefighters.
The Pilcher girls’ grandparents flew with them in the separate helicopters.
The vehicle was completely destroyed.
Officers from several law enforcement agencies took critical information at the scene and afterward, Walters said, excessive speed was the only factor they identified as causing the wreck.
Three teenagers were sent to hospitals Friday night, victims in a single-vehicle roll-over wreck. Texas Highway Patrol Trooper Jim Bob Walters identified two girls, both in their middle to late teens, as Stephanie and Kobi Pilcher. Stephanie is 15, he said, Kobi is 14. Both were flown by helicopter ambulances to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. Stephenie is in critical condition in the ICU suffering from multiple broken bones. Kobi is showing improvement and has been moved to a regular room. The driver was Aadam Parker, 18. He went by ambulance to Wilson N. Jones Medical Center with injuries that could be considered life-threatening.
Walters said that the truck in which the three people rode was going east. It had been following or traveling with another vehicle, but lost control and rolled an undetermined amount of times, then landed upside down on the south side of the roadway. The two Pilcher girls were thrown several feet away, landing near one another on a short hill slightly farther south. The vehicle landed on top of Parker, who was freed by firefighters.
The Pilcher girls’ grandparents flew with them in the separate helicopters.
The vehicle was completely destroyed.
Officers from several law enforcement agencies took critical information at the scene and afterward, Walters said, excessive speed was the only factor they identified as causing the wreck.