The man who killed a Nebraska motorcycle rider this year at the annual Sturgis Rally has admitted to the deadly hit-and-run. 33-year-old Robert Pittman of Rapid City pled guilty to second-degree manslaughter last week in the death of Brian Bye, 44, from Lincoln, Nebraska on August 10. The crash occurred on Highway 79, five miles… read more

Interstate 25 in Wyoming was the scene of a deadly motorcycle accident involving two different Arizona drivers. 51-year-old Frederick E. Jones, of Scottsdale, Arizona was travelling southbound on the interstate when his Honda Shadow was struck from behind by a 4-door Lexus. 69-year-old Curtis Thompson of Mesa, Arizona drove the Lexus. Though both travelers were… read more

A national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over mobilization is in effect over the holidays, with law enforcement agencies attempting to detect and deter drunk drivers through highly visible efforts, including sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols, and campaigns to raise public awareness. The statistics to motivate such concentrated efforts are shown by research from the Insurance… read more

A Polk, Florida man died last week, nearly a month after being seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident. Timmy Kelly, 47, was riding his 2009 Harley Davidson around 2 a.m. on November 13 when he collided with a GMC Sierra truck. According to police, the driver of the truck left the scene of the crash.… read more

Pueblo, Colorado resident Robert Garbiso discovered that even avoiding a collision can result in serious injury on a motorcycle when he attempted to avoid hitting a car that turned in front of him and his juvenile passenger. Garbiso, 22, was heading east on U.S. 50 near 30th Lane when a car driven by Laryssa Jensen,… read more

An 18-year-old Washington man died a mere half-hour after passing his motorcycle license test in Bellingham this week. A spokesperson for the Bellingham police department, Mark Young, said David Swift of Sumas was riding with his brother after Swift got his motorcycle license. The two decided to take a curvy road after the completion of… read more

A St. Petersburg, Florida firefighter died last month from injuries sustained during a motorcycle accident. On the night of November 20, 40-year-old James G. Fehl, veteran firefighter and emergency medical technician with the Pinellas Suncoast Fire & Rescue District, was driving his 1987 Honda on Bay Pines Boulevard. A Pontiac Surefire driven by Shane Ross,… read more

An accident between a 28-year-old Albuquerque, New Mexico man and a driver of an SUV from Denver, Colorado resulted in the death of the motorcyclist. The crash occurred around 11:00 a.m. near N.M. 47 and North Bosque Loop in Bosque Farms last week when Thomas Garcia was attempting to turn his SUV left off of… read more

Dhillion Massey, an 18-year-old Oklahoma man, died after a motorcycle accident on the campus of Oklahoma State University last week when he hit a speed bump at high speed and lost control. Massey was not a student or an employee at the OSU, according to the university newspaper. A mechanical engineering student named McClain Robinson… read more

A motorcyclist from Porterville, California was killed last month when he drove the wrong way on Interstate 40 in Washita County, Oklahoma, and struck an oncoming vehicle. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the accident happened at 5:51 a.m. on the eastbound side on I-40. Anthony S. Tucker was driving a 2001 Kawasaki westbound in the… read more