Put down the drinks and slow the f&^% down!
The first fatal accident on Friday occurred at 2:22 a.m. in the 12400 block of Gateway West, where Dale Duane Harris III was riding with a group when he lost control of his gray-and-black Suzuki motorcycle and was thrown several hundred feet, police said.
"Speed was definitely a factor," police spokeswoman Detective Elizabeth Molina said. Alcohol might also have contributed to the crash, police said. A toxicology test has been requested. Harris, of the 2800 block of Brian Allin Drive, was wearing a helmet. His family could not be reached for comment.
A little drinky on Sunday??? What part of NO don’t you understand???
A 61-year-old man died Sunday, the day after he was reportedly involved in crash while riding a Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle with his adult daughter on the Southwest Side.
Frank Crooke, of 8001 S. 87th Ave. in Justice, was pronounced dead at 2:15 p.m. Sunday at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, according to a Cook County Medical Examiner’s office spokesman.
The man was riding the motorcycle east with his 37-year-old daughter at 6515 W. Archer Ave., when he attempted to change lanes behind a Toyota car at about 10 p.m. Saturday, according to Chicago Lawn District Lt. Gerald Koch.
They were not wearing helmets, and reports indicated that his blood alcohol level was over twice the legal limit, Koch said Saturday.
“He went to switch lanes, mishandled the maneuver and clipped the back of a car, causing him to tumble off the bike and onto the pavement,’’ Major Accident Investigation Unit Sgt. Dave Catalano said Saturday.
As I said, speed, alcohol and two wheels don’t mix…
A Bay Minette motorcyclist was found guilty of vehicular homicide Thursday in a crash that killed a man changing a tire alongside Interstate 10 in 2002.
Mark Burkette, 43, was accused of weaving through traffic and running his Harley-Davidson™ onto the north shoulder of the westbound lanes of the roadway about three miles east of Loxley, where Nathaniel Miles, 50, of Bessemer, was struck.
Baldwin County Assistant District Attorney Michael Pylant said Burkette and another motorcyclist, ******* Koen, were weaving through traffic at speeds as high as 90 mph in the early evening of Aug. 3, 2002, before Miles was killed.
Defense attorney Jim May argued that Burkette had been temporarily blinded by "dust or smoke or debris." "It was a completely fortuitous accident," May said.
But Pylant said the two bikers had been to a motorcycle rally earlier in the day near Styx River, where Burkette drank beer. Blood tests performed two hours after the wreck indicated that Burkette had a blood alcohol concentration of .10, slightly more than the state's .08 legal limit, Pylant said.
And if you are still an *****…don’t worry, it’s not your fault!
A bar owner sued by the relatives of two people who died in a motorcycle crash — an Austin police commander and her husband, a retired Austin police detective — has settled the lawsuit.
Bobby Joe Bailey agreed to pay $100,000 to Edith Holland, the mother of Cmdr. Shauna Jacobson, according to court records filed Friday. Bailey also agreed to pay $35,000 to Rockland Jacobson, the son of Kurt Jacobson, the records said.
The lawsuit claimed that a bartender at the Cedars Bar and Grill on Texas 71 in western Travis County provided alcohol to Kurt Jacobson on Dec. 11, 2004, even though it was apparent that he was drunk. Jacobson and his wife, Shauna Jacobson, died minutes after leaving the bar, when their Harley-Davidson™ hit a guardrail.
Not the demo ride he was looking for…
A man who was taking a demo drive on a Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle died in a collision in Independence Saturday morning. It happened about 10 a.m. at R.D. Mize and Bittersweet roads, on the border with Blue Springs. According to police reports, a 58-year-old Paola, Kan., man was northbound on the Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle on R.D. Mize when he crossed the center line and struck a southbound van driven by an Independence man.
And you thought the “tick” was a problem…
For years, Tom Hawkinson loved nothing more than to hit the open road on his Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle. But as the Oak Lawn man cruised down Archer Avenue near Lemont in 2004, the front end of his cycle began to wobble. Seconds later, the 44-year-old was thrown from his bike and was left with life-changing brain injuries.
On Wednesday, Hawkinson filed a lawsuit against Harley-Davidson™, claiming that the company knew years earlier that there was a defect in the type of bike he owned.
The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, seeks unspecified damages but claims that Harley™ owners have filed multiple lawsuits because of defects on the Dyna Wide Glide™ and other bikes in the company's FLH™ series. One suit filed in Chicago in 2004 made claims similar to Hawkinson's.
A Harley-Davidson™ spokesman declined comment.
Maccoby said the wobble when the motorcycle exceeds 50 mph is so widely known that repair shops advertise repairs specific to the problem on the models. Those "design or manufacturing defects" caused the crash and Hawkinson's injury, the lawsuit says. "A driver coming toward him saw his front light wobble back and forth for about 10 seconds before he was thrown," Maccoby said.
Earlier lawsuits filed against Harley-Davidson™ claim that the shaking and instability comes from the front end of the motorcycle, as if it's off-balance from the rear tires.
Apparently the deer had a hearing problem…
According to police, Flaggs and Handa were traveling west on U.S. 30 on a 2000 Harley-Davidson™ when the motorcycle hit a deer that entered the roadway from the left side. After striking the deer, the motorcycle traveled off the right side of the road and flipped. Handa and Flaggs were thrown from the motorcycle, police said.
Another reason to take the MSF course…
An Ignacio man was seriously injured Sunday afternoon after his motorcycle swerved off the road, vaulting him into a roadside marker post.
Daniel Jaramillo was airlifted to Swedish Medical Center in Englewood. He was listed in stable condition Sunday.
The accident occurred south of Ignacio at mile marker 2 on Colorado Highway 151. Heading eastbound through a curve, Jaramillo lost control of 2003 Harley-Davidson™ Night Train™ and drove off the right side of the highway, said Cpl. Chad Martin of the Colorado State Patrol.
A group of motorcyclists traveling westbound came upon Jaramillo and called paramedics.
After he left the road, Jaramillo let off his rear brake, causing the bike to "high side," which pitched the him over the motorcycle. The bike rolled a quarter-turn and flung Jaramillo into a metal post alongside the road, Martin said. Jaramillo's right arm wrapped around the metal stake and he likely suffered head injuries, Martin said. The corporal said Jaramillo might lose his arm.
And another…
In an accident at 7:23 a.m., Pablo Jasso, 44, was seriously injured after he lost control of a green-and-white Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle on a curve as he traveled west on the César Chávez Highway just past the Zaragoza exit, police spokesman Javier Sambrano said. "He was thrown from the Harley-Davidson™ and hit the guardrail," Sambrano said.
Jasso, of the 200 block of Elder Road, was not wearing a helmet, police said. He was taken to Thomason Hospital.
And another…
A Franktown woman was killed Sunday when she was thrown from her Harley-Davidson™ after striking a guardrail on U.S. 285 just north of Parmalee Gulch Road near Indian Hills.
The Colorado State Patrol said Ginger McIntire, 48, died when her 2006 Harley-Davidson™ ran off the right side of the road shortly after 2 p.m. and struck a guardrail. McIntire was pronounced dead at the scene.
Autopilot???
A Long Island man was killed early yesterday after being thrown from his motorcycle - which eerily continued down the highway on its own for nearly three-quarters of a mile before crashing, authorities said.
At least one witness watched the surreal scene as the 2005 Harley-Davidson™ touring bike cruised down the Long Island Expressway without a rider, police said.
The victim, Michael Moffitt, 44, of Wheatley Heights, was riding his bike at 1:45 a.m. when he may have hit a slick patch in the road, law enforcement sources said, and was thrown from the bike.
Not a way to break in the new bike…
Police say a 58-year-old man died Tuesday afternoon in the collision of a motorcycle and van in northeast Charlotte.
David Jackson Barberry Jr. was killed when the 2006 Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle he was driving crashed into a 1996 Chevrolet van driven by Joann Battle Crockett, 57.
Police say Barberry was northbound on East W.T. Harris Boulevard and was trying to turn left onto Milton Road. They say he turned into the path of the van. Barberry was killed at the scene.
The first fatal accident on Friday occurred at 2:22 a.m. in the 12400 block of Gateway West, where Dale Duane Harris III was riding with a group when he lost control of his gray-and-black Suzuki motorcycle and was thrown several hundred feet, police said.
"Speed was definitely a factor," police spokeswoman Detective Elizabeth Molina said. Alcohol might also have contributed to the crash, police said. A toxicology test has been requested. Harris, of the 2800 block of Brian Allin Drive, was wearing a helmet. His family could not be reached for comment.
A little drinky on Sunday??? What part of NO don’t you understand???
A 61-year-old man died Sunday, the day after he was reportedly involved in crash while riding a Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle with his adult daughter on the Southwest Side.
Frank Crooke, of 8001 S. 87th Ave. in Justice, was pronounced dead at 2:15 p.m. Sunday at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, according to a Cook County Medical Examiner’s office spokesman.
The man was riding the motorcycle east with his 37-year-old daughter at 6515 W. Archer Ave., when he attempted to change lanes behind a Toyota car at about 10 p.m. Saturday, according to Chicago Lawn District Lt. Gerald Koch.
They were not wearing helmets, and reports indicated that his blood alcohol level was over twice the legal limit, Koch said Saturday.
“He went to switch lanes, mishandled the maneuver and clipped the back of a car, causing him to tumble off the bike and onto the pavement,’’ Major Accident Investigation Unit Sgt. Dave Catalano said Saturday.
As I said, speed, alcohol and two wheels don’t mix…
A Bay Minette motorcyclist was found guilty of vehicular homicide Thursday in a crash that killed a man changing a tire alongside Interstate 10 in 2002.
Mark Burkette, 43, was accused of weaving through traffic and running his Harley-Davidson™ onto the north shoulder of the westbound lanes of the roadway about three miles east of Loxley, where Nathaniel Miles, 50, of Bessemer, was struck.
Baldwin County Assistant District Attorney Michael Pylant said Burkette and another motorcyclist, ******* Koen, were weaving through traffic at speeds as high as 90 mph in the early evening of Aug. 3, 2002, before Miles was killed.
Defense attorney Jim May argued that Burkette had been temporarily blinded by "dust or smoke or debris." "It was a completely fortuitous accident," May said.
But Pylant said the two bikers had been to a motorcycle rally earlier in the day near Styx River, where Burkette drank beer. Blood tests performed two hours after the wreck indicated that Burkette had a blood alcohol concentration of .10, slightly more than the state's .08 legal limit, Pylant said.
And if you are still an *****…don’t worry, it’s not your fault!
A bar owner sued by the relatives of two people who died in a motorcycle crash — an Austin police commander and her husband, a retired Austin police detective — has settled the lawsuit.
Bobby Joe Bailey agreed to pay $100,000 to Edith Holland, the mother of Cmdr. Shauna Jacobson, according to court records filed Friday. Bailey also agreed to pay $35,000 to Rockland Jacobson, the son of Kurt Jacobson, the records said.
The lawsuit claimed that a bartender at the Cedars Bar and Grill on Texas 71 in western Travis County provided alcohol to Kurt Jacobson on Dec. 11, 2004, even though it was apparent that he was drunk. Jacobson and his wife, Shauna Jacobson, died minutes after leaving the bar, when their Harley-Davidson™ hit a guardrail.
Not the demo ride he was looking for…
A man who was taking a demo drive on a Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle died in a collision in Independence Saturday morning. It happened about 10 a.m. at R.D. Mize and Bittersweet roads, on the border with Blue Springs. According to police reports, a 58-year-old Paola, Kan., man was northbound on the Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle on R.D. Mize when he crossed the center line and struck a southbound van driven by an Independence man.
And you thought the “tick” was a problem…
For years, Tom Hawkinson loved nothing more than to hit the open road on his Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle. But as the Oak Lawn man cruised down Archer Avenue near Lemont in 2004, the front end of his cycle began to wobble. Seconds later, the 44-year-old was thrown from his bike and was left with life-changing brain injuries.
On Wednesday, Hawkinson filed a lawsuit against Harley-Davidson™, claiming that the company knew years earlier that there was a defect in the type of bike he owned.
The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, seeks unspecified damages but claims that Harley™ owners have filed multiple lawsuits because of defects on the Dyna Wide Glide™ and other bikes in the company's FLH™ series. One suit filed in Chicago in 2004 made claims similar to Hawkinson's.
A Harley-Davidson™ spokesman declined comment.
Maccoby said the wobble when the motorcycle exceeds 50 mph is so widely known that repair shops advertise repairs specific to the problem on the models. Those "design or manufacturing defects" caused the crash and Hawkinson's injury, the lawsuit says. "A driver coming toward him saw his front light wobble back and forth for about 10 seconds before he was thrown," Maccoby said.
Earlier lawsuits filed against Harley-Davidson™ claim that the shaking and instability comes from the front end of the motorcycle, as if it's off-balance from the rear tires.
Apparently the deer had a hearing problem…
According to police, Flaggs and Handa were traveling west on U.S. 30 on a 2000 Harley-Davidson™ when the motorcycle hit a deer that entered the roadway from the left side. After striking the deer, the motorcycle traveled off the right side of the road and flipped. Handa and Flaggs were thrown from the motorcycle, police said.
Another reason to take the MSF course…
An Ignacio man was seriously injured Sunday afternoon after his motorcycle swerved off the road, vaulting him into a roadside marker post.
Daniel Jaramillo was airlifted to Swedish Medical Center in Englewood. He was listed in stable condition Sunday.
The accident occurred south of Ignacio at mile marker 2 on Colorado Highway 151. Heading eastbound through a curve, Jaramillo lost control of 2003 Harley-Davidson™ Night Train™ and drove off the right side of the highway, said Cpl. Chad Martin of the Colorado State Patrol.
A group of motorcyclists traveling westbound came upon Jaramillo and called paramedics.
After he left the road, Jaramillo let off his rear brake, causing the bike to "high side," which pitched the him over the motorcycle. The bike rolled a quarter-turn and flung Jaramillo into a metal post alongside the road, Martin said. Jaramillo's right arm wrapped around the metal stake and he likely suffered head injuries, Martin said. The corporal said Jaramillo might lose his arm.
And another…
In an accident at 7:23 a.m., Pablo Jasso, 44, was seriously injured after he lost control of a green-and-white Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle on a curve as he traveled west on the César Chávez Highway just past the Zaragoza exit, police spokesman Javier Sambrano said. "He was thrown from the Harley-Davidson™ and hit the guardrail," Sambrano said.
Jasso, of the 200 block of Elder Road, was not wearing a helmet, police said. He was taken to Thomason Hospital.
And another…
A Franktown woman was killed Sunday when she was thrown from her Harley-Davidson™ after striking a guardrail on U.S. 285 just north of Parmalee Gulch Road near Indian Hills.
The Colorado State Patrol said Ginger McIntire, 48, died when her 2006 Harley-Davidson™ ran off the right side of the road shortly after 2 p.m. and struck a guardrail. McIntire was pronounced dead at the scene.
Autopilot???
A Long Island man was killed early yesterday after being thrown from his motorcycle - which eerily continued down the highway on its own for nearly three-quarters of a mile before crashing, authorities said.
At least one witness watched the surreal scene as the 2005 Harley-Davidson™ touring bike cruised down the Long Island Expressway without a rider, police said.
The victim, Michael Moffitt, 44, of Wheatley Heights, was riding his bike at 1:45 a.m. when he may have hit a slick patch in the road, law enforcement sources said, and was thrown from the bike.
Not a way to break in the new bike…
Police say a 58-year-old man died Tuesday afternoon in the collision of a motorcycle and van in northeast Charlotte.
David Jackson Barberry Jr. was killed when the 2006 Harley-Davidson™ motorcycle he was driving crashed into a 1996 Chevrolet van driven by Joann Battle Crockett, 57.
Police say Barberry was northbound on East W.T. Harris Boulevard and was trying to turn left onto Milton Road. They say he turned into the path of the van. Barberry was killed at the scene.
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