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
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
A St. George, Utah man died on Monday, June 6, 2011 after a motorcycle accident on Colorado Highway 141. Patrick J. Mungari, 74, had been traveling north with 11 other riders when he veered to the right while trying to negotiate a downgrade curve to the left. Mungari’s motorcycle went airborne over a steep ravine… read more
A Longmont, Colorado man is recovering from injuries sustained when the driver of a late-model Pontiac intentionally ran him off the road on Saturday, June 5, 2011. Hobert Bohm was driving home from work on Colo. 119, which is his usual route home. At about 5:20 p.m. he stopped in the right lane at a… read more
In May of 2011, Matt Chipolis, a Wyoming Area High School student, was killed in a motorcycle accident in Kingson Township. Since then, the high school has worked diligently to offer support to his grieving family. Chipolis was a popular student and football player at Wyoming Area, who also donated his time to the West… read more
