The second driver injured in a deadly head-on crash between Lompoc and Vandenberg Village the day before Christmas has been transferred to Stanford Medical Center for treatment.
A GoFundMe page has been started for Vandenberg Village resident Krissy Partlow, a driver involved in the crash on Highway 1 near Constellation Boulevard on Tuesday morning.
Shortly after 10 a.m. Tuesday, Asher Linden Tenud, originally from Portland, Oregon, but recently a resident of Santa Maria, was driving a green 1998 Jaguar XJR south on Highway 1. Just south of Constellation Road, his vehicle entered a right-hand curve in the roadway when he lost control of the car, authorities said.
Tenud’s vehicle traveled through the dirt median and slammed head-on into a gray 2007 Honda Odyssey traveling northbound on Highway 1, the California Highway Patrol said.
The impact pushed both vehicles to the right shoulder, with the Jaguar overturned onto its roof.
A CHP officer who was patrolling within the area arrived at the scene moments after the crash to discover Tenud was killed in the crash.
The Honda driver, whose name, age and hometown weren’t released by authorities, suffered life-threatening injuries and was transported by American Medical Response personnel to Lompoc Valley Medical Center.
On Friday afternoon, the family of Partlow, also known as Joni, started a GoFundMe page to help the family.
The GoFundMe site, “Joni (Krissy) Family’s Recovery,” had raised more than $9,000 as of Sunday.
In addition to a traumatic brain injury, family members on the site said she has multiple fractures in her face, skull and arm. She also lost most of her teeth.
She will need to undergo facial reconstruction surgery.
Partlow is a mother of four, two of whom still live with her.
“Anything can help us as we still don’t know when she’ll get out and how long her recovery will be, as it is traumatic and is life threatening,” Partlow’s daughter Sandra wrote on the GoFundMe page. “If you can show my family support and compassion in our time of dire need so we can get essentials and help with medical and any surprises along the way.”