Greg Beene, 34, of Joliet, also known as “One Leg Greg,” is seeking to represent the United States as a cyclist in the London Paralympic Games in 2012. Beene, who is currently in training, lost his leg in a motorcycle accident on August 12, 2003. At the time of the accident, Beene was riding a… read more
Irvil West, 73, of Marysville, KS, is dead after a single-vehicle motorcycle accident on June 16, 2011. The accident occurred on U.S. 71 three miles north of Sheldon, in Vernon County at 1:40 p.m. West was driving south when he went off the east side of the road, crossed the median and overturned. Emergency personnel… read more
Ryan Dunn, 34, star of “Jackass” was killed in an automobile accident early on Monday, June 20, 2011. The crash occurred on route 322 in West Goshen, PA when Dunn’s Porche flew over a guardrail and flew through about 40 feet of trees before hitting another tree head-on. The vehicle exploded on impact. Dunn’s passenger… read more
A bus transporting a youth marching band crashed on Monday, June 6, 2011. The bus was travelling on Interstate 80, near Minden, Iowa, from Wyoming to Indiana when it blew a tire around 7:45 a.m., skidded off the interstate and landed on its side in a field. Most of the passengers were asleep when the… read more
Drug charges against former heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Morrison, from an arrest on February 17, 2011 have been dropped because the arresting officer died in a motorcycle accident. Morrison was arrested at the Kansas Turnpike service area four miles north of Emporia and charged with possession of hallucinogenic drugs with two prior convictions, a felony,… read more
An unidentified Fort Carson man, 25, is dead after a rollover crash on Monarch Pass, Sunday, June 12, 2011. Two other passengers in the car sustained minor injuries. The accident occurred at 2:35 a.m. on U.S. 50, 23 miles west of Salida. Cody Katcher, 19, of Fort Carson was driving a 2010 Toyota Camry when… read more
An unidentified South Lyon man, 44, suffered “severe trauma” from a motorcycle crash on the evening of Tuesday, June 14, 2011. The accident occurred at about 6:40 p.m. when the man lost control of his 1999 Honda Shadow VT 750 as he tried to negotiate a curve in the 13000 block of Nine Mile Road,… read more
Wichita doctor, Mohammad Sarrafizadeh, 67, is in custody after a hit-and-run accident that killed a 32-year-old man on Friday, June 10, 2011. The accident occurred around 7:15 a.m. near Central and Greenwich Rd., near Douglas. The victim was doing work on the lawn of Hawker Beechcraft when he was hit by a minivan driven by… read more
In response to 24 motorcycle deaths since 2009, the El Paso County Public Health Department is launching the Let’s Ride Safe campaign. The program, funded by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), aims to educate riders about professional training in operating a motorcycle and the benefits of safety equipment. Approximately 40 percent of motorcyclists killed… read more
Two adults and three children were injured in a one-vehicle rollover crash north of Pueblo on Sunday, June 12, 2011. The accident happened at about 3:57 p.m. on I-25 north at exit 106, one mile south of the I-25 Speedway. The Honda SUV rolled off the right side of the road and into a ditch… read more
