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According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Bill Beckwith, the host of the HGTV home-improvement television program “Curb Appeal,” died in a motorcycle accident on December 2. Beckwith, a carpenter and contractor, was riding near Oak and Steiner Streets when a 30-year-old motorist collided with him around 8:30 p.m. Paramedics escorted the victim to San Francisco… read more
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, a 47 and 38-year-old couple from Vernal, Utah were riding north on U.S. Route 191 in Wyoming behind two pick-up trucks. As the first pick-up truck pulled onto the right-hand shoulder, the motorcyclists decided to pass them. However, the second pick-up truck did not see the couple moving down… read more
According to the Collegian Central, temperatures fell down to the single digits in Fort Collins, Colorado, the site of recent roadway accidents. As a consequence, police placed the city on accident alert due to slick roads and snow. The accident alert status applies mostly to those involved in minor accidents in which neither party is… read more
According to KOLO 8 News Now, a new Nevada law allows for motorcyclists to ride through red-lighted intersections. The impetus for the law came from the realization that many of the automobile recognition systems which govern the changing of stop lights fail to recognize motorcycles and bicycles. According to a Nevada motorcyclist, this causes safety… read more
According to CBS 5, unsafe road conditions resulted in the death of a 28-year-old motorcyclist from Grand Junction, Colorado while he was riding south on Colorado 141 near mile marker 143. No one else was injured in the crash. A nearby resident was on a walk with his family when he discovered the motorcyclist severely… read more
According to the Daily Times, on October 2, two motorcyclists were riding alongside one another heading north on Highway 550 in Colorado. Just a few miles short of Bloomfield, near the Colorado border, a 67-year-old motorcyclist from Glade Park, Colorado was hit by a 59-year-old motorcyclist from East Ridge, Tennessee. Police and emergency crews arrived… read more
Recent motorcycle fatalities in Western New York highlight common contributing factors to accidents. Thirteen riders, ages 18 to 70, have died in the past three months. Two of the thirteen were the result of negligent drivers changing lanes blindly or initiating illegal U-turns. According to a representative of the State Police Motorcycle Unit, “When motor… read more
On the night of November 11, two separate motorcycle fatalities transpired in Las Vegas. The pair of accidents marks the Las Vegas Police Department’s 90th traffic induced death of the year. The first occurred around 10:30 p.m., as a westbound 2004 Honda CBR approached Linn Lane on Charleston Boulevard. At the same moment, a 2006… read more
The Aurora Police Chief, a 50-year-old native of Phoenix, Arizona, was an involved member of his east Nebraska community. He had been Chief of Police for seven years after previous experience in the Grand Island Police Department and the military police force. While heading east on I-80 near Seward, he encountered heavy traffic piling up… read more
An accident between a motorcycle and a SUV near Genesee, Colorado left a woman dead, according to ABC 7 in Denver. The accident occurred in the evening on November 10 in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70. The woman who was killed was a passenger on the motorcycle, which was driven by an unidentified man.… read more
