Im the boyfriend of the passenger and the owner of the Rhino that tipped. My girlfriend Paula has the "confilluted" sp? fracture. It's the highest sort of fracture you can get. It's when the bone splinters and comes out the leg. We're hoping and praying that she can keep her leg. Things are still kinda iffy The doctors are just waiting to see how everything responds to the antibiotics and that no infection sets in. She was laying there in the dirt for over an hour before an ambulance even showed up....then the drive to Kaneb....then the flight to St. George. She's gone through 2 surguries already and thats just the beginning! It was a horrible "accident" gone wrong. If we had it to do over you bet your a$$ we'd do it different. It didn't seem like anything bad at the time since there were lots of people watching and laughing and taking pictures. Just thought it was some innocent gettin dirty fun. BTW....there was no alcohol involved i can say for sure. Both were wearing their seatbelts and noone had their legs up. Both doors were on. Just the angle and way that the rhino tipped made Paula slide to an angle and her leg popped out. I won't be goin out again with her until i get full doors and more cage and harnesses.....FOR SURE!!!
I would just like to thank EVERYONE who stopped and helped out. I would especially like to extend a THANK YOU to a firemen named Cole from Washington, Ut. He was EXTREMELY helpful and he was just out there havin fun like the rest of us. He stopped what he was doin and was the biggest help of all. He rode all the way to the hospital with Paula and made sure everyone knew what they were doin. They were all takin notes i thing if not, then they shoulda been!!!
Btw....Coral Pink was a totally GORGEOUS place and i can't wait to go back and ride. Sucks that my first time there only lasted 3 hrs
