was so severe it even knocked his boots off. sierra 4, here comes your bird. they took him away in the helicopter. they got a gurney. and he grabbed my arm. and he goes, vieja, come with me. i go, i m coming, dad. and they take him. and i remember he told them, she needs to come with me. but officers wouldn t allow frances in the chopper, wouldn t allow her to go anywhere, in fact. and i told the officer, i m his wife. and he said, turn around. and he handcuffed me, put me in the back and they left with bill. it was only then, frances says, that it all came together in her mind. the thump, the broken window, somehow bill s bike and her escalade must have collided. i think some people might find it hard to believe that you wouldn t realize that you had hit a motor bike. i didn t feel anything. i heard a thump. i thought it was in piece of granite. police detained her for
then she called her daughter nikki. she goes, i can t find your dad. i don t know where your dad is. i m turning around. reporter: frances started to make her way back down the highway. she spoke to connie again. my sister tells me, i found him. reporter: connie had jumped in her own car and soon came upon bill and his bike by the side of the road. he d crashed and was in bad shape. police were already at the scene when frances arrived. and then as i m running to him, an officer grabs me. and i yank him. i heard somebody yell, that s his wife. leave her alone. and i get down to where he s at. and he s alive. reporter: do you say anything to him? i was just in shock. and he kept telling me, i can t breathe, vieja. and i told him calm down, dad. calm down. reporter: bill had internal injuries. whatever happened, the wreck was so severe it even knocked his boots off. sierra 4, here comes your
boots off. sierra 4, here comes your bird. reporter: they took him away in the helicopter. they got a gurney. and he grabbed my arm. and he goes, vieja, come with me. i go, i m coming, dad. and they take him. and i remember he told them, she needs to come with me. reporter: but officers wouldn t allow frances in the chopper, wouldn t allow her to go anywhere, in fact. and i told the officer, i m his wife. and he said, turn around. and he handcuffed me, put me in the back and they left with bill. reporter: it was only then, frances says, that it all came together in her mind. the thump, the broken window, somehow bill s bike and her escalade must have collided. i think some people might find it hard to believe that you wouldn t realize that you had hit a motor bike. i didn t feel anything. i heard a thump. i thought it was in piece of granite. reporter: police detained her for questioning while the rest of the family took up a vigil at the hospital.
whatever happened, the wreck was so severe it even knocked his boots off. sierra 4, here comes your bird. reporter: they took him away in the helicopter. they got a gurney. and he grabbed my arm. and he goes, vieja, come with me. i go, i m coming, dad. and they take him. and i remember he told them, she needs to come with me. reporter: but officers wouldn t allow frances in the chopper, wouldn t allow her to go anywhere, in fact. and i told the officer, i m his wife. and he said, turn around. and he handcuffed me, put me in the back and they left with bill. reporter: it was only then, frances says, that it all came together in her mind. the thump, the broken window, somehow bill s bike and her escalade must have collided. i think some people might find it hard to believe that you wouldn t realize that you had hit a motor bike. i didn t feel anything. i heard a thump. i thought it was in piece of granite. reporter: police detained her
when frances arrived. and then as i m running to him, an officer grabs me. and i yank him. i heard somebody yell, that s his wife. leave her alone. and i get down to where he s at. and he s alive. do you say anything to him? i was just in shock. and he kept telling me, i can t breathe, vieja. and i told him calm down, dad. calm down. bill had internal injuries. whatever happened, the wreck was so severe it even knocked his boots off. sierra 4, here comes your bird. they took him away in the helicopter. they got a gurney. and he grabbed my arm. and he goes, vieja, come with me. i go, i m coming, dad. and they take him. and i remember he told them, she needs to come with me. but officers wouldn t allow frances in the chopper, wouldn t allow her to go anywhere, in fact. and i told the officer, i m his wife.