TEMPLE (July 28, 2009)—Funeral services are Thursday in Hydro, Okla., for Stephanie Wingard, 16, of Thomas, Okla. who died Sunday night at Scott & White Hospital, about eight hours after she suffered severe head injuries when she was thrown from a motorcycle that struck a culvert along a rural road east of Temple.

Wingard, who was in Central Texas to attend a church youth fellowship meeting in Lott, was riding Sunday on a motorcycle driven by David Miller, 20, of Chilton.

Miller was westbound on FM 3369 about 5 ½ miles east of Temple and driving through a curve when he lost control of the 2004 Honda Shadow motorcycle as he attempted to pull back to the right from the centerline to avoid an oncoming truck.

The motorcycle ended up on the grassy shoulder where it struck a culvert.

Miller and Wingard were thrown from the motorcycle.

Miller, who was wearing a helmet, escaped serious injury.

Wingard, who was not wearing a helmet, suffered serious head injuries.

She was flown by helicopter to Scott & White.

Her parents, Olen and Emily Wingard, who flew to Temple Sunday in a private plane, according to an account posted on HansMast.com, made the decision to take their daughter off life support.

She died just before 9:30 p.m. Sunday, the Web site says.

She’s survived by her parents and three brothers, from Zion Amish-Mennonite Church in Thomas, Okla.