CLINTON COUNTY, Ind. – A 33-year-old Frankfort female, Carla Ayes Fonfrias, died after the motorcycle she was a passenger of struck a deer in the eastbound lane of the 6500-block of W Mulberry Jefferson Road in rural Clinton County on Sunday, July 31, 2022.
According to the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 5:15 p.m. deputies responded to a single vehicle motorcycle crash on W Mulberry Jefferson Road. Preliminary investigation determined that a Black 2010 Yamaha V-Star, operated by Gerald Palmer, 33, of Frankfort was traveling eastbound on Mulberry Jefferson when a deer entered his path. Palmer was unable to avoid the collision.
After impact, the motorcycle slid into the ditch on the south side of the road where Palmer and Fonfrias were thrown from the motorcycle.
Palmer was transported by ambulance to a Lafayette Hospital with serious injuries. Fonfrias succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The Clinton County Sheriff’s Office Deputies, Drone Pilots and Chaplains were assisted by Clinton County Central Dispatch, Clinton County EMS, Clinton County Coroner’s Office, Mulberry Police Department, Mulberry Volunteer Fire Department and the Kokomo Police Department.
