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Show Moab youth seriously hurt in wreck A Moab youth was seriously injured in e motorcycle accident Friday Fri-day morning at 8:15 a.m. Moab Police reported that John A. Cortez, 16, was northbound on Mill Creek Drive near La Sal Road riding a 1977 Kawasaki Kawa-saki 400 motorcycle, when he attempted to pass a car. Authorities stated that the motorcycle apparently ap-parently hit a bump near the edge of the road, causing Cortez to lose control. Police estimated that Cortez slid 180 feet before striking a construction construc-tion sign and a dirt pile. Cortez was transported to Allen Memorial bv I rand County Ambulance here he was treated for ternal injuries. He was ter transferred by air-ane air-ane to the University of tah Medical Center in lit Lake City. |