Teen dies in ATV crash

ONE TEEN ... AND SERIOUSLY INJURES ANOTHER. KAYLA ANDERSON IS LIVE AT UNM HOSPITAL WITH DETA...  More »

ONE TEEN ... AND SERIOUSLY INJURES ANOTHER. KAYLA ANDERSON IS LIVE AT UNM HOSPITAL WITH DETAILS: A TEENAGER WAS AIRLIFTED HERE TO UNM HOSPITAL LAST NIGHT AFTER THE ATV HE WAS RIDING ... SLAMMED INTO A TREE. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON FOREST ROAD 242. A PASSERBY CALLED 9-1-1 JUST AFTER SIX LAST NIGHT. BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARRIVED ON THE SCENE ... AFTER THE MALE RIDER HAD BEEN AIRLIFTED WITH CRITICAL INJURIES. THE FEMALE RIDER'S BODY WAS STILL THERE. SHE DIED AT THE SCENE: it looks like the bend that you see here behind me that they were trying to negotiate that, failed in doing so, and actually went off the roadway, went airborne for a distance and then hit a tree that was on the side of the roadway.'NEITHER RIDER WAS WEARING A HELMET ACCORDING TO LECOMPTE. AND NEITHER WAS CARRYING ANY IDENTIFICATION, SO DEPUTIES HAD NO WAY INITIALLY TO REACH PARENTS OR OTHER RELATIVES. SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES TELL US A STEP-FATHER LOOKING FOR THE TEENS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE LAST NIGHT AND LEARNED THE TERRIBLE NEWS. REPORTING LIVE FROM UNM HOSPITAL, KAYLA ANDERSON, EYEWITNESS NEWS 4 TODAY. A FIRE IN SANDOVAL  « Less