Not only was Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino riding a motorcycle without a helmet when he crashed Sunday night, but he also had a 25-year-old athletic department employee riding with him, and Arkansas lied about that detail.

The police report from the crash says 25-year-old Jessica Dorrell was on the back of Petrino's motorcycle, though she miraculously was uninjured. Dorrell left in her car while Petrino was taken to the hospital by a police officer. Now here's where the coverup begins.

A release from the University of Arkansas earlier this week said Petrino was involved in a wreck 'that involved no other individuals.'

Petrino also left out that Dorrell was on the motorcycle when speaking with the media.

'When I came out of a ditch, there was a lady there that had flagged down a car. And the guy that was in the passenger seat said get in we'll just take you right to the hospital,' he said, per ArkansasSports360.

Petrino told the media that he had spent the day at a lake with his wife, Becky.


Dorrell is a former all-SEC volleyball player at Arkansas who was named the 'student-athlete development coordinator for football' last week. She graduated from Arkansas in 2008 and earned a master's from the school two years later. She had been working as a fundraiser for the Razorback Foundation before getting her new job which includes handli.