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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
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
Former Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, 66, suffered seven broken ribs, a broken collarbone and a punctured lung in a motorcycle accident in Alaska on Sunday, June 26, 2011. The former governor’s son Rob Riley received a call from his father late Sunday night. He was calling from the emergency room of the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital… read more
Four injured riders from Iowa were released from Torrington Community Hospital in Wyoming after being treated for minor injuries after a two-motorcycle accident on Saturday, June 25, 2011. The three riders were travelling westbound on U.S. Highway 26 near the Wyoming-Nebraska state line just before 7 p.m. The first rider slowed to make a right-hand… read more
A man is alive today due to the quick actions of two men in the wake of a fiery motorcycle crash at Second Street and Wyoming Avenue in Feltonville, PA. The accident started when a car made an illegal u-turn right into the path of a speeding motorcycle. The motorcycle skid on its side and… read more
David Joseph Lawless, suspected mall bomber, was arrested after nearly hitting a motorcyclist on June 25, 2011. Lawless, 30, allegedly put two devices inside the Borders Bookstore at the Colorado Mills. Investigators found two devices inside the store and a third item outside the mall near the entrance to Borders. He is also believed to… read more
The Washington State Department of Licensing and State Patrol, DOL, released a public service announcement and new poster on June 21, 2011 focused on reducing one of the top causes of fatal motorcycle crashes: drug or alcohol impairment. These announcements come in the wake of a fatal motorcycle crash that occurred that day in the Olympia… read more
Randal Staggs, 52, Colorado Springs, died when his motorcycle collided with a car shortly before 9:00 p.m. on Friday, June 18, 2011. The accident occurred at the intersection of 31st Street and West Colorado Avenue in Colorado Springs, CO. Staggs was driving a 1983 Honda motorcycle, heading west on Colorado Avenue when he collided with… read more
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
