evilmedic13
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Found this when I left my house last night. It must've happened just as I pulled out of my garage, 2 blocks away. I got there about a minute before my guys showed up. I doubt a helmet would've helped, devastating is the best way to describe the injuries.
This stuff almost never bothers me, I see it enough. It's just that it was so close to my house and if I had left any earlier I would've been involved one way or another, witness or victim. His bike (08 GSXR) went a good distance after the accident, no way I would've been able to avoid becoming part of the incident. Either that or my psycho side would've come out and I'd probably would've chased what is now considered a murderer. What would've happened then, I'm not sure. All I know is I would've followed far enough behind for my safety until he dumped the truck, I just fueled up that afternoon so the range was there.
I just hate it when people get away with **** like this. :angry: Hopefully, he and his father are having a beer and a laugh in peace.
Motorcycle crash kills Chicago man; his father died the same way in '68
9:10 AM CDT, August 22, 2008
Forty years ago, John Reffke's father was killed in a motorcycle crash. Late Thursday, he died in the same way.
"He's with his daddy now," Reffke's sister Julia said Friday morning. "He was a free spirit, just like his daddy."
Reffke, 40, was cruising about 10:30 p.m. on his motorcycle on the 5800 block of West Addison Street in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood, doing what he loved best, family members said.
That ended when a 1991 Chevrolet pickup truck ran a stop sign on a side street and crossed into Addison, police said.
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Legacy.com guest book for John Reffke Reffke, of the 3000 block of North Wolcott Avenue was dead on the scene, police said.
The pickup truck didn't stop. It was later found abandoned about 1 mile away in the 6300 block of West School Street, said Officer Amina Greer, a Chicago police spokeswoman. The driver was being sought Friday morning.
Reffke's death was eerily similar to that of his father, Leonard Reffke, family members said. The older Reffke and a woman were killed in September 1968 when their motorcycle collided head-on with a vehicle on North Lake Shore Drive near Walton Street, according to a 1968 Tribune article.
John and his twin brother, Leonard, then were about 8 months old. Their father was 35 at the time.
Family members said John was a mechanic who fixed cars and motorcycles "ever since he could pick up a wrench." When he wasn't repairing vehicles, Julia Reffke said, he devoted his time to his two children.
She said one of his pastimes was playing hopscotch with one of his great nieces. "He loved laughter. He was always making jokes," his sister said. "He could take the worst situation and make you laugh. He was a 40-year-old kid."
Other survivors include his mother; another sister; three nieces; three nephews; two other great nieces; and one great nephew.
This stuff almost never bothers me, I see it enough. It's just that it was so close to my house and if I had left any earlier I would've been involved one way or another, witness or victim. His bike (08 GSXR) went a good distance after the accident, no way I would've been able to avoid becoming part of the incident. Either that or my psycho side would've come out and I'd probably would've chased what is now considered a murderer. What would've happened then, I'm not sure. All I know is I would've followed far enough behind for my safety until he dumped the truck, I just fueled up that afternoon so the range was there.
I just hate it when people get away with **** like this. :angry: Hopefully, he and his father are having a beer and a laugh in peace.
Motorcycle crash kills Chicago man; his father died the same way in '68
9:10 AM CDT, August 22, 2008
Forty years ago, John Reffke's father was killed in a motorcycle crash. Late Thursday, he died in the same way.
"He's with his daddy now," Reffke's sister Julia said Friday morning. "He was a free spirit, just like his daddy."
Reffke, 40, was cruising about 10:30 p.m. on his motorcycle on the 5800 block of West Addison Street in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood, doing what he loved best, family members said.
That ended when a 1991 Chevrolet pickup truck ran a stop sign on a side street and crossed into Addison, police said.
Related links
Legacy.com guest book for John Reffke Reffke, of the 3000 block of North Wolcott Avenue was dead on the scene, police said.
The pickup truck didn't stop. It was later found abandoned about 1 mile away in the 6300 block of West School Street, said Officer Amina Greer, a Chicago police spokeswoman. The driver was being sought Friday morning.
Reffke's death was eerily similar to that of his father, Leonard Reffke, family members said. The older Reffke and a woman were killed in September 1968 when their motorcycle collided head-on with a vehicle on North Lake Shore Drive near Walton Street, according to a 1968 Tribune article.
John and his twin brother, Leonard, then were about 8 months old. Their father was 35 at the time.
Family members said John was a mechanic who fixed cars and motorcycles "ever since he could pick up a wrench." When he wasn't repairing vehicles, Julia Reffke said, he devoted his time to his two children.
She said one of his pastimes was playing hopscotch with one of his great nieces. "He loved laughter. He was always making jokes," his sister said. "He could take the worst situation and make you laugh. He was a 40-year-old kid."
Other survivors include his mother; another sister; three nieces; three nephews; two other great nieces; and one great nephew.
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