Victor Villarreal, 41, heavy metal musician and leader of the Sentinels Motorcycle Club was killed on Saturday, July 2, 2011 when his motorcycle was struck by a horse trailer being hauled by a pickup truck. The accident occurred just after 10 p.m. near the intersection of Potranco Road and Sundance Crest in San Antonio, TX.… read more
Ryan Redmond, 33, of Delafield, WI is in critical condition after a tumbling 800-foot fall on the Middle Teton on Saturday, July 2, 2011. Redmond was telemark skiing with three other skiers on the Ellingwood Couloir on the south side of Middle Teton. He and one of his companions stopped two-thirds of the way up… read more
Three people died from drowning and boating accidents on Kansas lakes over the weekend of Independence Day, 2011. Two of the deaths occurred at Cheney Lake on Friday and Saturday. In the accident on Friday, a 13-year-old girl from Arizona, died in a wake boarding accident when she fell off and was struck by the… read more
The incident occurred at about 4:15 p.m. on the Fourth of July when a police officer tried to stop John Scillieri, 45, for a traffic violation near Higley Road and Main Street in Mesa. Scillieri led officers on a chase at speeds up to 130 mph and traveled more than 40 miles before crashing. At… read more
A Plane crash is Custer County, Colorado resulted in one death and also started a wild fire that is now at 100 acres with zero-percent containment. The plane crash occurred on Sunday, July 3, 2011 around 3:30 p.m. when a 1941 Steerman biplane, piloted by 50-year-old Sidney Emmert went down in the San Isabel National… read more
In an ironic twist, a man protesting New York State’s mandatory helmet law on Sunday, July 3, 2011 died when he fell from his motorcycle. Philip A. Contos, 55, was participating in the ride with 550 other riders when he hit his brakes and his motorcycle fishtailed. Contos went over the handlebars of his 1983… read more
An automobile accident reveals attempted murder and kidnapping in the early hours of July 4, 2011. At 7:00 a.m. the police dispatch service of Riley County, Kansas received a call about a single-vehicle injury accident. The vehicle, a tan Dodge Neon, had been traveling west on Marlatt Avenue when it left the road near the… read more
The Fourth of July turned tragic for one New Orleans family when their 3-year-old was killed by a hit-and-run driver. Asia Williams, New Orleans East, was attempting to cross Dinkins Street when she was struck by a motorcycle rider. The child was on the curb when a motorcade of cycles came down her street. As… read more
Both accidents occurred within five hours of each other. A woman driving an SUV collided with a semi tractor-trailer while travelling in the wrong direction, in the early-morning hours on Monday, July 4th, 2011. The automobile accident occurred at about 3:40 a.m. in the downtown loop of Interstate 70, east of Broadway. A Kansas City… read more
Fourth of July weekend marked the effective date of the “dead red” law, passed by the Kansas Legislature in April 2011. The law allows motorcycles to drive through a red light after waiting a reasonable period of time for the light to change. The law is aimed at keeping motorcyclists from getting stuck at lights… read more
