Three injured in ATV accident Thursday

Three family members were hurt, one seriously, in a Thursday morning ATV accident near Phillips Reservoir.

Sheriff Mitch Southwick said the Baker County Dispatch Center received a call at 11:40 a.m. from John Wickert, 60, of 1105 H St., who told the 911 operator that he had wrecked his ATV and that he, his wife, Jerri, 60, and their 11-year-old granddaughter had been injured.

Southwick said the three had been riding on one ATV when it overturned on an old overgrown logging road south of Phillips Reservoir on Forest Service Road 600 near the 1100 Road.

Wickert and his granddaughter were evacuated first by the Sheriff’s Department’s new ATV rescue trailer to St. Elizabeth Health Services. The two were treated for minor injuries and released.

Jerri Wickert was evacuated last by Life Flight to St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise. She was listed in fair condition this morning.

The ATV rescue trailer had been purchased by the Sheriff’s Department less than two weeks ago, Southwick said.