I found this article in the Eastern Arizona Courier about Morgan. Still can't believe she is gone.
GRAHAM COUNTY — A woman on her way to Tucson from Safford died early Saturday morning after rolling her car on U.S. Highway 191 the previous night. Morgan May Ellis, 26, of Central, was pronounced deceased at The University of Arizona Medical Center-University Campus at 5:33 a.m. Ellis had been airlifted by LifeNet-8 out of Willcox to the hospital after crashing her maroon 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser roughly seven miles north of the junction of U.S. Highway 191 and Interstate 10. The scene was in Graham County about a half-mile from the border with Cochise County. Officers were dispatched to the scene at 6:56 p.m.
Due to Ellis being unconscious, Sgt. Long said officers were unable to interview her and they did not have any information to indicate what she was doing at the time of the collision. There were no preliminary signs of impairment, according to Long.
Law enforcement shut down the highway during the rescue and recovery but reopened one lane roughly an hour later. Both lanes were reopened about two hours after the closure. The vehicle was towed from the scene by Nutcracker Towing of Pima.
Rest in Peace Dear Morgan
GRAHAM COUNTY — A woman on her way to Tucson from Safford died early Saturday morning after rolling her car on U.S. Highway 191 the previous night. Morgan May Ellis, 26, of Central, was pronounced deceased at The University of Arizona Medical Center-University Campus at 5:33 a.m. Ellis had been airlifted by LifeNet-8 out of Willcox to the hospital after crashing her maroon 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser roughly seven miles north of the junction of U.S. Highway 191 and Interstate 10. The scene was in Graham County about a half-mile from the border with Cochise County. Officers were dispatched to the scene at 6:56 p.m.
According
to Arizona Department of Public Safety Sgt. Dan Long, Ellis was
southbound in the right lane when her vehicle went off the right edge of
the roadway. The DPS investigation showed Ellis overcorrected to the
left and then back to the right and went back off the roadway onto the
dirt shoulder. She then overcorrected back to the left and her car
overturned, ejecting Ellis onto the shoulder near the right-of-way
fence. She was not wearing a seatbelt. The vehicle eventually came to a
rest on its wheels on the southbound dirt shoulder facing north.
Ellis
was found unconscious but breathing and received initial care by
paramedics from a Healthcare Innovations ambulance from Willcox. The
LifeNet helicopter then landed at the scene and she was flown to Tucson.
Due to Ellis being unconscious, Sgt. Long said officers were unable to interview her and they did not have any information to indicate what she was doing at the time of the collision. There were no preliminary signs of impairment, according to Long.
Law enforcement shut down the highway during the rescue and recovery but reopened one lane roughly an hour later. Both lanes were reopened about two hours after the closure. The vehicle was towed from the scene by Nutcracker Towing of Pima.
Rest in Peace Dear Morgan
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