On April 17th, 2019 at approximately 1:49pm the Abilene Police Department received multiple calls from the intersection of S. 1st and Arnold Blvd. Initial reports indicated that a female had possibly fallen from the bridge however information later revealed that a motorcycle collision had occurred.

Stephanie Sims-Fisk, 23, of Abilene was operating a 2003 Yamaha motorcycle northbound on Arnold when she lost control of the motorcycle causing it to strike the concrete guardrail. As a result of the collision, she fell and struck the surface of S. 1st below sustaining serious injuries. She was not wearing a helmet at the time of the collision.

She was transported to Hendrick Medical Center and is in critical condition. Members of the Traffic Division are continuing the investigation.