Motorcycle Accidents

• Motorcycle Injuries and Death

  Greg Cusimano | June 09, 2009 8:52 PM | 2 CommentsGadsden, AL

  Lewis Eugene Barnard, Barney (48) and Mayra Salazar Price (37) were killed in a motorcycle wreck in Gadsden, Alabama. They were wearing helmets. It has been reported that the driver of a car turned...

• Loachapoka Motorcycle Accident Kills One

  Shannon Weidemann | July 23, 2008 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  One person was killed and another injured in a motorcycle accident in Loachapoka. A car and motorcycle collided at Lee Road 4 and Lee Road 188. The motorcycle driver was killed after being thrown...

• Limestone County Motorcycle Accident Kills Man

  Shannon Weidemann | July 14, 2008 9:28 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A 57-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle accident last week in Limestone County, Alabama. He was a resident of Cullen and had just purchased the motorcycle that day. He was driving on an...

• Alabama Motorcyclist Dies at Bike Week

  Shannon Weidemann | May 06, 2008 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  An Alabama man visiting Panama City Beach, Florida for Bike Week was killed in a motorcycle accident. He ran into a motorcycle that was traveling in front of him that stopped to turn. The victim...

• Motorcycle Accidents Kills Prattville Man

  Shannon Weidemann | March 25, 2008 9:00 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A 37-year-old man from Prattville was killed in a motorcycle accident on Sunday. The man was a firefighter for Pelham. The accident happened on the interstate near Clanton. The victim was on a southbound entrance ramp to Interstate 65 when his motorcycle and a tractor trailer collided about 12:45 p.m. Sunday, said Pelham Fire Chief Gary Waters. He was initially taken to Chilton County Medical...

• Man Hurt in Georgia Motorcycle Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | February 19, 2008 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man from Warner Robbins was hurt after being thrown from his motorcycle and hit by a pickup truck. The motorcycle accident happened on Interstate 75 near Hartley Bridge Road Tuesday morning. He lost control of the vehicle and rolled across two lanes of the highway. The victim lost control of his Harley Davidson, was thrown from his motorcycle, rolled across two lanes and came to rest in...

• Mobile Man Killed in Motorcycle Collision

  Chrissie Cole | January 28, 2008 12:48 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A motorcycle accident claimed the life of a Mobile man, 46, on Sunday, when he collided with a sedan, according to Mobile police. Another motorcyclist was hit as well, police said, but he was not injured.The man died at University of South Alabama Medical Center after his motorcycle crashed with a Buick LaSabre, driven by a man in his 80s.A police spokesman said the motorcyclists were traveling...

• Motorcycle Accident Injures Teenager in Missouri

  Shannon Weidemann | January 23, 2008 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A 19-year-old motorcycle driver was hurt in a motorcycle accident yesterday. He was driving his motorcycle in Taney County when the accident occured. He hit a car that was coming out of a driveway. The victim was riding a 1993 Kawasaki motorcycle on U.S. 160 one mile north of Forsyth when the accident happened, according to the patrol�s report.The motorcycle driver was wearing a helmet at...

• American Honda Motor Co. Recall ATVs Due to Loss of Speed Control

  Jenny Albano | January 10, 2008 6:20 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  American Honda Motor Co., in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 40,000 Model Year 2007 Honda TRX 500 ATVs due to loss of speed control.It is possible for water to get into the throttle position sensor and freeze it, which causes permanent damage if the rider tries to force the throttle lever. Doing this could cause the throttle to stick open and the rider would lose control of the...

• Douglas County Motorcycle Accident Injures Man

  Shannon Weidemann | December 30, 2007 7:50 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man was injured in a late afternoon motorcycle accident in Douglas County on Christmas Day. He was riding his motorcycle on a dirt road near Topsy Avenue and U.S. 395 in Nevada. He broke his arm in the accident. The driver's arm struck a boulder. He walked back to the highway and flagged down a motorist, who was an off-duty volunteer paramedic at about 3 p.m., Halsey said.It is unknown if...