Monday, June 27, 2011
Thursday evening at 7:47 P.M. Golden Valley Firefighters responded to a single vehicle accident on Shipp Drive and San Pedro Road. Captain David Martin stated the vehicle was traveling west bound on Shipp Drive when the 16 year old female driver reportly lost control of her vehicle slamming into a power poll and shearing the poll off at its base. The driver and the passenger, who also was a 16 year old female, were treated on scene by Golden Valley Firefighter/Paramedics and were transported to Kingman Regional Medical Center by River Medical Ambulance with non life threatening injuries. Golden Valley Firefighters along with Mohave County Sheriff deputies stayed on scene untill midnight with Shipp Drive closed, while UniSource Energy installed a new power poll.