Man, 20, Suffers "Serious" Injuries Following Dirt Bike Accident

Crews with Bartow County Emergency Medical Services on Monday responded to two motorcycle accidents, one of which sent a man to a level-one trauma center.

The first accident occurred along Pine Ridge Road in White. Crews arrived onto the scene to find a 20-year-old man “unconscious and unresponsive,” said Bartow EMS spokesperson Brad Cothran.

Georgia State Patrol spokesperson Tracey Watson said the motorist, who was riding without a helmet, was on the dirt bike when it left the roadway in a curve and overturned.

After evaluation, first responders determined the man had a “closed head injury,” and requested a medical helicopter to transport the patient to a level one trauma center, Cothran added.

The 20-year-old, identified as Rydal resident Erin Evan Cochran, was subsequently flown to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga where he was treated for “serious” injuries, Watson stated.

A second accident occurred on Timberwood Road at Kirk Road in White. Crews on that scene treated a 65-year-old man with a broken leg. He was transported to Floyd Medical Center where he was treated by doctors, Cothran stated.

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