Red Bluff, CA : Idaho man dead, second critically injured in 99W quad crash on Monday, June 13, 2016

A crash about 9 p.m. Monday in the 10000 block of 99W has left one Idaho man dead and another critically injured after both men were thrown from a 2012 Suzuki quad.

The driver, Garrett D. Teerlink, 24, of Meridian, Idaho, died from his injuries at the scene while his passenger, Alex Luedtky, 22, also of Meridian, Idaho, was flown to Enloe Medical Center in Chico with major injuries, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.

Luedtky was later flown to another medical facility in the Bay Area for treatment.

Teerlink was driving north on a dirt road on private property between Interstate 5 and the Walmart Distribution Center, leaving a family gathering to return the quad when he lost control.

The quad went into a retaining wire, separating the dirt road from an orchard and the impact threw Teerlink into his passenger, causing a broken jaw and other injuries to Luedtky’s head, the spokesman said.

Both men, neither of whom was wearing a helmet, were thrown from the quad.

The crash is being investigated as a possible DUI, however, it is unknown at this time if alcohol was a factor in the incident, the spokesman said.

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Idaho man dead, second critically injured in 99W quad crash Monday