Woman critically injured in Bethel Island dirt bike wreck
2:44 AM
BETHEL ISLAND — A woman was critically injured after crashing her off-road motorcycle into a tree Tuesday afternoon.
Mary Williams, 54, of Bethel Island, hit the tree and then was thrown from the motorcycle onto jagged rocks that line a levee, according to the California Highway Patrol. Alcohol is believed to have been a factor in the crash, Officer Tom Maguire said.
The collision occurred at 4:40 p.m. along Riverview Drive, a raised levee access road. Witnesses told police that Williams was speeding and driving in laps in the area. She was not wearing a helmet, Maguire said.
As she made a left turn onto Riverview from another levee road, she accelerated, took the turn too wide and ran head-on into a tree. She suffered major injuries.
She was taken by helicopter to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.
Mary Williams, 54, of Bethel Island, hit the tree and then was thrown from the motorcycle onto jagged rocks that line a levee, according to the California Highway Patrol. Alcohol is believed to have been a factor in the crash, Officer Tom Maguire said.
The collision occurred at 4:40 p.m. along Riverview Drive, a raised levee access road. Witnesses told police that Williams was speeding and driving in laps in the area. She was not wearing a helmet, Maguire said.
As she made a left turn onto Riverview from another levee road, she accelerated, took the turn too wide and ran head-on into a tree. She suffered major injuries.
She was taken by helicopter to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.
