No-Cal Rider Killed last night

[Fairlaner]

my wife just sent me this article (she does business with his company)

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[keithaba]

Smells Fishy....

If it's what I think happened, (I suspect alcohol) they need to fry that guys ***.

 

[fjrbob]

We are seeing more and more hit and runs that are alcohol related here in Texas. Scumbags would rather leave someone dying in the road than face stiff DUI charges.

 

[keithaba]

I could be wrong, it's just my hunch? I mean, other than a warrant, why would you run in that situation.

You'd have to be on something to think, "I'll leave my car here, but since I'm not at the scene, I'll be declared innocent!"

 

[odot]

yeah, don't make sense....yer gonna do time in the pen anyways....might as well help the poor dude out.

 

[Geezer]

What's the ***** going to do, claim his truck was stolen?

Interesting that the reporter mentioned the model of the BMW.

 

[jmdaniel]

I could be wrong, it's just my hunch? I mean, other than a warrant, why would you run in that situation.

Don't quote me on this, but I have heard there are a few folks in this country illegally. I don't think those folks are restricted from owning cars, or worst case, be borrowing someone else's vehicle. :blink:

 

[LDRydr]

I could be wrong, it's just my hunch? I mean, other than a warrant, why would you run in that situation.

Because you're an illegal alien, you have a drivers license (but no insurance) and you don't want to be arrested and deported.

 

[Murph]

I could be wrong, it's just my hunch? I mean, other than a warrant, why would you run in that situation.
You'd have to be on something to think, "I'll leave my car here, but since I'm not at the scene, I'll be declared innocent!"

In the heat of the moment I guess somebody that is impaired and scared thinks it's better to run, sober up and answer later rather than to remain on the seen knowing that he is, either, obviously impaired or bound to be tested. I guess they think the penalty for being impaired is worse than for running away.

 

[Warchild]

That is completely dicked up! :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:

 

[LDRydr]

That is completely dicked up! :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:

Got that right. It worries me because I just talked to my college-age daughter this morning as she and a girlfriend are heading off on a Spring break road-trip to the San Francisco area. Stinson Beach and Mt. Tamalpais were two places I told her to be sure to visit. I can't imagine getting a phone call like the one those rider's families received. And a call like that would only be the beginning of the nightmare.

 

[kaitsdad]

Update. Seems they got the guy.

Clicky

 

[Bugnatr]

They caught him,good. Let's get a rope.

 

[FZ/FJR Mike]

Glad they charged him with Vehicular Manslaughter, at least initially. Hope the charges stick & don't get plea bargained down.

 

[Warchild]

**** makes me angry as hell..... two little girls now get to grow up without their father. :angry:

[SIZE=14pt]Hit-and-run crash at Stinson leaves 2 families in anguish[/SIZE]Gary Klien

Article Launched: 03/19/2008 08:58:20 PM PDT

As an avid surfer, mountain biker and kiteboarder, Steve Shannon spent much of his life defying danger. But ultimately, he died just trying to make the first inning of his daughter's softball game.

Shannon, 43, of Corte Madera was identified Wednesday as the motorcyclist killed by a hit-and-run driver near Stinson Beach. Shannon's close friend, Eric Wilcox of Kentfield, was struck by the same vehicle and remains in critical condition.

The suspected driver, Mauro Fabrizio Iaconi of Bolinas, was scheduled to appear in court Thursday to learn whether he will face manslaughter and related charges. Iaconi, a 44-year-old carpenter, was arrested early Wednesday after a police search of more than six hours.

"It's been very hard. It's been a hard day," said Shannon's wife, Heather. "It think it's going to take some time to hit home for all of us."

Shannon and Wilcox spent Tuesday afternoon kiteboarding at Stinson Beach before heading home on Panoramic Highway. Shannon called his wife about 6:15 p.m. to say he was en route to his daughter's softball game at Kent Middle School.

The crash was reported at 6:18 p.m. Tuesday on Panoramic Highway just east of Stinson Beach. Police said a Chevy pickup truck, heading downhill toward the coast, crossed over the double yellow line and struck the oncoming motorcyclists.

Shannon was pronounced dead at the crash site, and Wilcox was airlifted to the trauma center at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek. The pickup truck was found abandoned 30 feet down an embankment.

Police matched the truck's registration to a residence in Bolinas and arrested Iaconi at his Park Avenue home early Wednesday. He was booked into county jail on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run causing injury or death, with bail set at $50,000.

The California Highway Patrol is investigating whether alcohol was a factor in the crash.

Wilcox, a 48-year-old commercial real estate broker, was in critical but stable condition Wednesday with a shattered pelvis and wrist, according to his wife, Michelle. The Wilcoxes have a 7-year-old daughter and a 9-year-old son.

"He can wiggle his toes and legs and move things. It's hard to understand him - he's on a lot of medication," Michelle Wilcox said. "You don't wish this upon your worst enemies. I'm in a survival mode right now. I just need to be the rock for my family."

Shannon is survived by his wife, 42, and two daughters, Abigail, 6, and Casey, 8. He is also survived by his mother, Maggie Shannon of Washington, D.C.; his brother, Stewart, and sister, Linda Miller, of Bethseda, Md.

Shannon and his wife both grew up in Bethseda and moved to the Bay Area in the 1990s. Shannon was a bond trader, first with Wells Fargo and then with Piper Jaffray.

"He has a spirit you don't find in people. He lived life to the day. I guess now I see why," said Heather Shannon, a fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. "He worked to play. His life was about enjoying his family and enjoying his life and the outdoors. He enjoyed what he had."

A memorial service is planned for 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Lyford House at the Richardson Bay Audubon Center and Sanctuary at 376 Greenwood Beach Road in Tiburon. For more information, call 388-2524.

:angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: Hope the driver burns.....

 

[keithaba]

"He has a spirit you don't find in people. He lived life to the day. I guess now I see why," said Heather Shannon, a fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. "He worked to play. His life was about enjoying his family and enjoying his life and the outdoors. He enjoyed what he had."

wow....

 

[Calimus]

Yea, this guy needs to go down in flames. Burn at the stake is my vote.

Oh and I noticed the mentioned the model number on the BMW as well, then though, maybe there wasn't enough of the Duc to identify what model it was. Which just adds to the sad factor.

Looks like the rider certainly lived life to the fullest, shame his life was cut short.

 

[fjrchik]

What a *******!! Let's commit a heinous crime, run from the scene as not to be caught...and then go home. Duh!! Where do ya think the police will look first?? :headbonk:

Put this tard in jail and keep him away from the rest of us!

 

[madmike2]

IF he was drunk (and I MEAN if!) it shouldn't be hit-and-run, but leaving the scene of an accident. That slight variable won't matter much in a manslaughter trial.

Who knows, he might have been dialing or talking on his cell phone. Either way, one man's carelessness and bad decision making has now cost the life of one person and inexorably change the lives of the families of both riders.

Tsk, tsk...and a small jail sentence isn't enough for the results of this tragedy. But the "sentence" could be as little as 5-7 years and he could serve less. Of course, there's the wrongful death suits that will follow....though any amount of money won't replace the loss of this vibrant human being, husband and father who now cannot raise and influence the lives of his daughters.

Let's not forget that the perpetrator has now ruined his family's lives, also. There's enough tragedy in this instance to make us all step back and take a hard look at our lives.