Jessica Lynne Braithwaite, 21, mother of an infant son, was killed around 7:40pm Thursday, July 9 in an all-terrain vehicle crash on Spence Cave Road, seven miles outside of Ardmore, Alabama. The News-Courier reported her death and the critical injury of Jonathan Barnes, 26, that occurred when lost control of their ATV when attempting to pass another vehicle. Barnes remained in serious condition in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit of the Huntsville Hospital.
Archive for July, 2009
Young Mother Killed in ATV Accident in Alabama
Thursday, July 30th, 200929-year old Woman Seriously Injured in Ottawa Yamaha Rhino Accident
Thursday, July 16th, 2009The Grand Haven Tribune reports another tragedy involving a Yamaha Rhino that occurred on June 25, 2009. 29-year-old Melissa VanBeveren of Holland and Al Dietrich 47, of Conklin, lost control of their Yamaha Rhino while driving in an apple orchard almost a mile from 14th Avenue in Wright Township. The Yamaha Rhino crashed into a ravine and hit a large tree.
While Dietrich suffered only minor scrapes and bruises because he managed to jump from the Rhino before it struck the tree, VanBeveren was thrown from the two-seat Yamaha Rhino. She was air lifted from the crash site and transported to Spectrum Butterworth Hospital with multiple injuries in serious condition.

