Motorcycle Accidents

• Motorcycle Passenger Killed in Crash in Des Moines, Washington

  Michael Myers | September 28, 2007 12:11 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  On September 25th a Des Moines woman was killed in a motorcycle crash on Pacific Highway South and South 226th Street. The 49-year-old woman was a passenger on a motorcycle driven by a 50-year-old man. Both the woman and man were thrown at least 75 feet after their motorcycle collided with a car that was making a left hand turn in front of the motorcycle. The woman was killed and the man was...

• Ohio Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident

  Chrissie Cole | September 24, 2007 4:42 PM | 0 CommentsCincinnati, OH

  A motorcyclist, 24, was killed Saturday in a motorcycle accident on Middle Beaver Road in Elk Run Township.A Trooper with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, in Lisbon, said the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.The man was traveling eastbound on his bike, on Middle Beaver Road, just before 6 p.m. when the motorcycle went off the ride side of the highway and struck an...

• 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...

• Powerful, light bikes cause more motorcycle accidents

  Anneke Kurt | September 18, 2007 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  Increased horsepower, older drivers and lighter bikes are causing more deaths than ever in Toledo, Ohio and around the country. The number of motorcycle deaths has more than doubled in the past ten years, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, as more than 4,500 people die each year in motorcycle accidents, with over 87,000 motorcycle-related injuries. Toledo, Ohio lost nine...

• Motorcyclist Collides with Sports Utility Vehicle

  Michael Myers | September 17, 2007 1:12 PM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  On Saturday a Bellingham man, 20 years of age, was injured when his motorcycle collided with an oncoming vehicle. The injured man was transported to St. Joseph Hospital, with injuries that police declared not life-threatening. Witnesses to the motorcycle collision said that the injured man and another motorcyclist had been speeding and passing cars in an aggressive manner directly before the...

• Two Teenagers Hit By Out-of-Control ATV

  Michael Myers | September 17, 2007 12:32 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  On Saturday night the driver of an all-terrain vehicle (ATV), K.C. Sanchez, 32, lost control and hit two teenage boys on skateboards.The driver of the ATV was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center with a serious head injury; the passenger on the ATV was also injured and was transported to Capital Medical Center. The skateboarders hit by the ATV were transported to Providence St. Peter Hospital...

• Motorcycle Accident Ends in Tragic Death

  Courtney Mills | 2007-09-14T17:07:46 | 0 Comments

  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...

• Two Men Killed in California Motorcycle Accident

  Chrissie Cole | 2007-09-10T22:54:14 | 0 Comments

  A motorcycle accident in Montebello, claimed the lives of two men today, according to police.The accident happened on Montebello Boulevard and Paramount Boulevard just after 9 p.m. last night, said the Montebello Police Department.Both men were dead at the scene, according to police.Prior to the crash, a motorist called 911 to report she was being followed by two men traveling on a motorcycle....

• California Motorcycle Accident Kills Rider

  Shannon Weidemann | 2007-09-10T10:05:37 | 0 Comments

  A motorcycle accident in Kono Tayee killed the driver on Friday morning. The motorcycle was the only vehicle involved in the crash. The accident happened on Highway 20. A boater reported the crash after seeing the wreckage from the water. The motorcycle was allegedly traveling too fast for a left-hand curve in the road and went over the embankment where it struck some boulders at the...

• Another Motorcycle Death in Clermont Accident

  Ed Normand | 2007-09-06T02:56:20 | 0 Comments

  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...