Motorcycle Accidents

• Proposed Law Could Cause Motorcyclists their Bikes

  Diego Madrigal | January 14, 2008 2:21 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A new proposal could result in bikers losing their motorcycles. A bill sponsored by Representative Carlos Lopez-Cantera of Miami calls for motorcyclists to be arrested and have their bikes confiscated if they are charged with reckless driving or exceeding the speed limit by 50 miles per hour. That is only for motorcyclists CHARGED with those crimes- if later convicted, bikers stand to lose...

• Man Injured in St. Petersburg Motorcycle Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | December 30, 2007 8:00 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A motorcycle accident in St. Petersburg on Thursday injured a 41-year-old man. The bike flipped over while he was driving it from a parking lot into the connecting street. The accident happened on 46th Avenue North around 5:15 p.m. The victim of St. Petersburg was thrown from the 2002 Harley-Davidson Softail, the Highway Patrol said. He was taken to Bayfront Medical Center with serious...

• Brandon Motorcyclist Killed by Drunk Driver

  Joe Saunders | November 28, 2007 8:34 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The holiday season is once again upon us as is the rise in drunk driving accidents and fatalities around the Bay area. This morning we're unfortunately hearing about a yound motorcyclist from Brandon who lost his life as a result of an auto accident with a drunk driver. Motorcyclists are more vulnerable to serious injury in a car accident especially when that accident involves an impaired...

• Ridgewood High School Senior Dies in Motorcycle Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | November 06, 2007 8:23 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A 17-year-old Senior at Ridgewood High School died in a motorcycle accident on Thursday night. He was driving the motorcycle and a 16-year-old girl was a passenger on the bike at the time of the accident. The motorcycle accident took place in Port Richey. The motorcycle was driving on U.S. 19 going north. The driver of the car was westbound on Commons Boulevard in a 1993 Honda when she...

• Recommendations for No Helmet Laws Made

  Sandy Grinnell | October 04, 2007 2:03 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  In a letter to Governor Charlie Crist dated October 3, 2007, it has been recommended that the State of Florida rescind its no helmet law. The letter says that the statistics show these no helmet laws are deadly. The Safety Board is concerned about motorcycle safety and the growing number of riders who have been killed or injured in motorcycle crashes. Since 1997, the number of motorcycle...

• Motorcyclist Dead After Impact with SUV and Crushed by Car

  Mike Damaso | September 20, 2007 6:19 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The Orlando Sentinel has reported that a motorcyclist was killed in a collision that occurred shortly after 10:00 p.m. last Saturday night near Deltona, Florida. A GMC Yukon SUV was traveling eastbound when the driver attempted to make a left turn onto a side road and turned directly into the path of an oncoming motorcyclist. The motorcyclist was thrown from the bike and hit a Honda Civic that...

• Motorcycle Accident Ends in Tragic Death

  Courtney Mills | September 14, 2007 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Joseph K. Wright, a young man with extended family from Tampa, passed away last week during a motorcycle accident on the way to Key West. He was 36 years old.Joe Wright and his father Ed had left work last Friday to ride down to the Keys, and Joe had placed a sweatshirt on the seat of his cycle to cushion the ride. Somewhere along the trip, the sweatshirt became tangled up in the rear spokes...

• Another Motorcycle Death in Clermont Accident

  Ed Normand | September 06, 2007 2:56 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Yesterdaqy a 20 year old riding a Suzuki motorcycle without a helmet tried to pass in between a dump truck and a semi. He did not make it, slid under the tractor trailer and died immediately from injuries in the Clermont, Florida accident. Many motorcycle crashes are caused by motorists just not paying attention to bikers. Sadly, however, many bikers, especially young males, die when they...

• Another Motorcyclist Killed on I-275 in Fatal Crash

  Courtney Mills | August 30, 2007 4:11 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A 29-year old motorcyclist speeding across the Howard Frankland Bridge in Tampa, Florida, lost control of his bike at nearly 100 mph and slammed into the concrete barrier along the side of the interstate, catapulting him into Tampa Bay.According to Florida Highway Patrol, Scottie Ewing was travelling in the outside lane of I-275 on the Howard Frankland Bridge before midnight when he lost control...

• Tampa Motorcycle Accident Kills Man

  Shannon Weidemann | August 13, 2007 10:35 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A man was riding his motorcycle near the intersection of Leila Street and Westshore Boulevard when he hit a car and was killed. The motorcycle accident happened on Sunday in Tampa. Tampa police say the motorcyclist rear-ended a car, and was thrown off his bike. They say he landed after hitting a pole. The motorcycle driver was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. Helmets are not...