Douglas man in critical condition after motorcycle accident

By XAVIER ZARAGOZA
The Douglas Dispatch
Published/Last Modified on Saturday, August 30, 2008 3:07 PM MDT


A Douglas man is in critical condition following a morotcycle accident Wednesday.


Miguel Morales, 59, was air evacuated to University Medical Center in Tucson, where he is listed in critical condition for severe injuries to the head.

At about 8: 20 p.m. Wednesday Morales was heading eastbound toward Douglas on a 1991 Yamaha motorcycle when he was rear-ended by Armando Soto, 33, who was driving a 2002 Yukon, said Joy Craig, a spokeswoman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

The collision occurred at mile marker 363, about a quarter mile east of the entrance to Southeast Arizona Medical Center, she said.

Because of his head injuries, Morales was transported to UMC. He was not wearing a helmet, Craig said.

DPS officers feel that a helmet would have lessened the severity of the injuries, she said.

 

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Comments

    nm wrote on Sep 11, 2008 2:05 PM:

    " oh marty! how rude ! it says right there in black and white
    he was rear ended by armando soto not hit and run and i am sure the driver who did the rear ending was cited as that is what happens when you do those things get too close to another driver and hit him typical half assed reading .... way to go Marty!" "

    Marty wrote on Aug 30, 2008 8:26 PM:

    " Was it a hit and run? Was anyone cited? Kind of a typical half assed story... Way to go dispatch! "

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