UPDATE: ATV ACCIDENT / SEARCH & RESCUE CALL-OUT
3850 Justice Dr. El Paso, Texas 79938 
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Deputy Jesse Tovar / PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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Release Date / Time: MONDAY, August 17, 2009 12:00 PM
SECTION: El Paso County Sheriff's Office – LOWER VALLEY PATROL / SEARCH & RESCUE - SAR
EVENT: UPDATE- ATV ACCIDENT / SEARCH & RESCUE CALL-OUT
LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE: RED SANDS - EL PASO COUNTY, TX
DATE / TIME: Sunday, August 16,, 2009 6:23 PM
RESULT: ATV ACCIDENT
RED SANDS– Late Sunday evening 08-16-09 at 6:23 PM, Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to Reds Sands near the area of the 15600 block of Montana Ave. El Paso County, TX in reference to an ATV accident with serious injuries. Sheriff’s Deputies among with Montana Vista Fire Rescue & Life Medics arrived short time later to discover that a 27 year-old male and a 21 year-old female had sustained serious injuries while riding their ATV approximately 1 ½ miles into the desert off Montana Ave. Both victims sustained apparent head, neck, back, and hip injuries. Due to the location of the injured, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Search & Rescue Team was summoned to the scene. Emergency services also requested immediate air evacuation for the injured from Southwest Air Ambulance.
Preliminary investigation revealed the couple was riding a Yamaha 700 ATV driven by the 27 year-old male when they rode over the top of Red Mountain and started to descend on the south side. The ATV ended up tumbling on the steep terrain. Both Victim’s were thrown off of the ATV to the mountain side. SAR Members successfully stabilized both Victim’s on the mountain side then carried them out the helicopters standing by. Two Southwest Air Ambulance Helicopters were used. Both injured parties were transported to University Medical Center for medical treatment & further evaluation.
The area of the incident / rescue was very remote. The only roadways to get to & from the scene were mere paths through the deep, drifting red sand. SAR members were assisted by civilians on scene to get to the injured parties.
Both Victims were identified as ISRAEL BAYLON (27) of San Elizario, TX & ALEXANDRIA JIMENEZ (21) of Fabens, TX –they remain at University Medical Center –last said to be in stable condition.
END OF NEWS RELEASE
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office in March of 2001 was the first Sheriff’s Office in the State of Texas to be Internationally Accredited from CALEA and is now the recipient of the First CALEA Tri-Arc award in Texas (4th in the Nation) to have accreditations in: Law Enforcement, Communications, Training Academy.