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SIERRA VISTA — A Huachuca City teen and a couple who had a home in Sierra Vista died this past week in two automobile wrecks.
And on Friday, authorities also were investigating a third wreck that involved a government-contracted bus.
John and Dorothy Elam, natives of Utah who have a residence in Sierra Vista, died during a traffic wreck near Cananea, Mexico, according Mexico’s government-funded news agency.
They were traveling in a 2004 white Ford Excursion at the time of the incident on Tuesday, Notimex reported, citing a state police report.
 A Wackenhurt bus rests near Highway 82 north of Sierra Vista on Friday morning after a wreck that sent two people to a Tucson hospital. (Courtesy of the Arizona Department of Public Safety) |
The wreck took place at kilometer 51 on the highway between Cananea and Agua Prieta. As the vehicle went around a curve, the driver lost control and it went off the road and rolled over.
The couple were taken to the Hospital Basico de Cananea to receive medical attention.
A local teen was killed in a crash Wednesday on Highway 191 north of Douglas.
Bradley Scott Eudy, 18, had residential addresses in Douglas and Huachuca City, Cochise County Sheriff’s Office Carol Capas said.
Eudy was a passenger in a 1995 Buick going northbound when it struck a guardrail near mile post 30 and rolled about 9:30 p.m., according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
He was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the car, according to the DPS. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The vehicle was driven by Dortha McGrath of Duncan, and she and another passenger, Tessa Bohlen, 18, of Thatcher, who were both wearing seat belts, received non-life-threatening injuries, the DPS said.
Driver inattention was the cause of the crash, according to the DPS.
At 9:34 p.m., Cochise County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to assist at the scene. Capas said the road about a mile south of McNeal was closed for an emergency medical helicopter to land.
And on Friday, a Wackenhut transport bus contracted by the U.S. Border Patrol rolled over on Highway 82 about 3 a.m.
Tucson residents Melissa Felix, 31, and Anna Gunnells, 37, were both airlifted by Life Flight to a Tucson hospital. Their conditions were not discussed by the DPS, which was the agency investigating the crash.
The crash happened at mile post 54.4, about 13 miles north of Sierra Vista. The cause remains under investigation.
HERALD/REVIEW reporter Gentry Braswell can be reached at 515-4680 or by e-mail at gentry.braswell@svherald.com. Reporter Jonathon Shacat can be reached at 515-4693 or by e-mail at jonathon.shacat@bisbeereview.net.
Marjorie wrote on Jan 14, 2009 11:28 PM:
Like I told you at the church, Brad died for a reason, find out what that reason
was. "