Posts tagged motorcycle accidents

• West Virgina Man Killed in Kentucky Motorcycle Accident

  Chrissie Cole | October 23, 2007 9:55 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A motorcycle accident claimed the life of a West Virginia man in eastern Kentucky over the weekend.The 36-year-old motorcyclist, of Varney, West Virginia, was traveling in Pike County on Saturday when he lost control of the motorcycle. He exited the road and crashed into a tree.The man was thrown from his motorcycle and struck his head on a rock, according to officials. Rescue arrived on the...

• DOT Aims to Lower Motorcyle Accidents & Deaths

  Chrissie Cole | November 02, 2007 6:53 AM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Today, the federal government will unveil a broad program intended to cut down motorcycle accident and death rates that have more than doubled over the past ten years as aging baby boomers are hitting the open roads on bikes.The Department of Transportation initiative is set up to include national training standards for beginning riders while also training police officers who enforce the traffic...