Lisa Faria, a 49-year-old agent for Intero Real Estate in Gilroy, suffered a fractured skull and a blood clot on her brain after the motorcycle she was riding on as a passenger was involved in a fatal accident near Hollister.
“A couple of nurses didn’t think she would make it,” said Faria’s partner, Pete Fleming. “She doesn’t remember anything of the accident.”
At approximately 10:40 p.m. June 21, the 2005 Harley Davidson carrying Faria and Douglas Flora – a 44-year-old resident of Tres Pinos – traveled onto the dirt shoulder of Diablo Hills Drive in an unincorporated area of San Benito County and struck a steel drainage pipe, according to the Hollister-Gilroy area office of the California Highway Patrol.
Fleming said he is praying for Doug’s family and that Doug will “be super missed.”
Flora was the owner and president of the Flora Real Estate Group based in Hollister.
According to the CHP report, which initially misidentified Flora as a female, Faria and Flora were thrown into the roadway by the impact. Neither rider was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, CHP officers say. Both Faria and Flora were life-flighted to San Jose Regional Hospital after sustaining major injuries in the crash.
On June 23, Flora was pronounced dead at San Jose Regional Hospital. Faria was released last Friday, according to Fleming.