Crash leaves two motorcycle riders with severed limbs

A crash reported yesterday afternoon left two motorcycle riders with severed limbs and sent a driver to jail for felony DUI.

A vehicle driven by 23-year-old Dylen Pletsch of Las Vegas, was heading south on Old Highway 91 at mile marker 2 near the Utah-Arizona border when it struck the motorcycle, which was heading north and carrying two occupants.

The car struck the motorcycle more toward the left side of the bike. The impact struck both riders’ lower extremities, causing the driver of the bike to suffer a left-foot amputation in the crash, while the woman’s left leg was severed when the vehicle struck the couple.

They were flown to Dixie Regional Medical Center for treatment. The driver was transported jail.