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The cows want you dead.
Join Date: Nov 2008
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I know what I thought when I read it, you? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101114/...l2ZXJzb3VnaHQ- Driver sought in motorcycle crashes that killed 5 Buzz up!41 votes Share retweet EmailPrint..– Sun Nov 14, 5:04 am ET OCOTILLO, Calif. – Authorities were looking for the driver of a car that tried to pass a group of motorcycles and caused another car to lose control on a desert highway, triggering a crash that killed five people and injured six others, officials said. Seven motorcyclists — members of a club celebrating its 10th anniversary — were ensnared in the collision on two-lane Route 98 near Ocotillo, a few miles north of the Mexico border and 80 miles east of San Diego. Two men and two women motorcyclists died at the scene Saturday before paramedics arrived, Imperial County Fire Department Capt. Peter Stanton told The Associated Press. One passenger from a car was also killed. The crash occurred shortly before 1 p.m. as an eastbound gold Honda Accord went into the oncoming lane to pass about a dozen motorcycles, some of them carrying two people, authorities said. That maneuver forced a westbound Dodge Avenger sedan to swerve on to the sandy shoulder to avoid a head-on collision. Stanton said at that point the westbound car veered back across the road and into the cyclists. "He lost control and then his vehicle just drove into the group of motorcycles," he said. The Honda making the pass that triggered the accident was not damaged and did not stop. "They're looking for that car and the driver," Stanton said. "He didn't stop, he kept going, he fled the scene." Officials said the driver was a man in a baseball cap. Two of the dead were a married couple riding the same bike and all four were part of the Saddle Tramps, a San Diego County club celebrating its anniversary with a ride across the desert, California Highway Patrol Officer Deann Goudie told several media outlets. She said the group had met for breakfast in their hometown of Lakeside before leaving on the trip. Five people from motorcycles and one from the car were injured, Stanton said. Several motorcycles toward the back of the pack were able to avoid the accident. Two helicopters landed on the highway to airlift two male patients to San Diego-area hospitals, and four ambulances took patients to local hospitals in Brawley and El Centro, authorities said. The identities of the dead and injured were not released. Despite being just two lanes, the highway is heavily traveled as a link between Interstate 8 and Mexicali, Mexico. |
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Serious Business
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: New York
Moto: 1993 ZX-11 2008 CBR1000rr
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The person in the Accord tried to pass a bunch of Harley posers (all in matching robble robble gear) and misjudged the how much space they had to make the maneuver.
All they knew was that the other car hit the dirt and kicked up dust. Probably too scared to stop out of fear that the robble robble would robble him. Might not even know about the deaths. The folks in the Avenger were probably unaware of how crappy their car was. |
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token jewboy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man
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Honda accord was being used to smuggle drugs and was in a hurry?
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Let's do another U-turn
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Indiana
Moto: 2009 V-Strom
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Good grief. No matter what, we always have to watch out for idiots. I'd like to know what the whole story is, though. Were the bikers playing games with the Honda, causing him to just decide to pass, or was the Honda just flying down the road? Did the bikers speed up when the Honda tried to pass?
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Moto: Concours 14 ABS, ZX6E
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White Trash Hero
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: NW Arkansas
Moto: Buell 1125R Porco Rosso Edition
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Maybe we could learn from this sensless tragedy...Maybe proper following distances, staggered formations, maybe even riding fast enough Honda Accord drivers dont get bored and try a suicide pass?
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Elitist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: SF Bay Area
Moto: Gix 750
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Chaotic Neutral
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Cherry Hill NJ
Moto: GV1200 Madura, Hawk gt
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Elitist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: SF Bay Area
Moto: Gix 750
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Hold mah beer!
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven
Moto: 08 R1200GS
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If these robblers are anything like the robble parades around here, they like to snarl traffic. The civic driver was probably extremely pissed being behind the pirates and tried a stupid pass after developing serious road rage.
I hate group rides, especially long convoys of slow idiot harley riders.
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