Articles in the Motorcycle Accident Category
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Route 125 is cluttered with damaged motorcycles, helmets, and other gear after a fatal accident which closed the road for a good couple of hours.
A 20-year-old Lebanon County had died and another man was injured in a crash on Sunday around 2:30 p.m. with five motorcycles.
The incident occurred with a group of motorcycles who were riding around Good Spring Creek. There was about 10 motorcycles that participated but a man started speeding up the road, says Trooper Jeffrey A. Hummel from the Pennsylvania State Police station.
Assistant fire chief Michael Scheib …
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A man in his mid-twenties in said to be in critical condition at a Scottsdale Hospital after he lost control of his motorcycle and was thrown to the pavement early Thursday morning. The man was taken to a local Scottsdale hospital for serious injuries.
Witnesses say that the man was riding his motorcycle at a high rate of speed, The accident occurred at 1:35am according to police. Police believe that alcohol may be a factor in the accident but they have not made any arrests/ citations at this point in …
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A weekend motorcycle accident took the life of the leader of a local motorcycle club and heavy metal musician, just a year after his wife died.
Victor Villarreal, 41, died instantly when his motorcycle was hit by a horse trailer being hauled from a pickup truck, say Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
The accident happened just after 10 p.m. on Saturday when Villarreal was attempting to make a U-turn and his bike somehow got tangled in a horse trailer.
His friends say he was trying to drive back to one of his riding buddies …
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A Middletown man died of injuries from a motorcycle accident Sunday afternoon, according to Maryland State Police.
According to police, 53-year-old Robert Edward Herr II was operating his Maryland registered 2008 Suzuki Boulevard motorcycle on Old National Pike at Ivy Hill Drive on Sunday at about 2:19 p.m. when the motorcycle drifted to the right side of the roadway and the tires rubbed the curbed.
The motorcycle then overturned, ejecting Herr, according to police. After further investigation by police it was revealed that the full face helmet Herr was wearing at some …
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A 34-year-old female motorcyclist died after a crash on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago Monday morning.
Bill Pfeiffer, a witness to the accident, described the accident as dramatic. “The woman on the bike flew in the air and hit the guard rail and flew off to the side.”
According to police, the accident occurred around midnight on Lake Shore Drive near Irving Park Road. The Chicago Tribune is reporting the victim’s name is Lacie Berry from the Avalon Park neighborhood. Police officials state that she was riding her motorcycle on the south …
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The southbound lanes of the 5 Freeway in Norwalk were reopened hours after a fatal motorcycle accident backed up the Thursday morning commute.
The lanes had been closed between Pioneer Boulevard and the 605 Freeway, and traffic had been diverted to the 605.
The northbound lanes were reopened earlier.
California Highway Patrol Officer Krystal Carter reports that the accident occurred when several motorcyclists were traveling north on the freeway at Pioneer around 4:25 a.m. when one of the bikers flew over the median onto the southbound lanes.
Vehicles stuck between the 605 and the …
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Motor vehicle accidents happen everyday in the U.S. In places where the streets and highways are overloaded with cars, trucks and motorcycles at all hours of the day, accidents happen at an even higher frequency. For motorcycle riders who are not protected by the frame of a standard motor vehicle, accidents often cause serious injury and even death. Even though motorcyclists get the wrap for being aggressive riders, often times the at fault party is the person driving the car or truck. Causes of these accidents can be anything from …
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New York State Police have released the names of those killed in an accident involving a motorcycle and a train in Verona Tuesday afternoon.
Preliminary investigation revealed that Leon G. Jayson, 39, of Oneida, NY was driving his 2008 Kawasaki motorcycle North bound on Fox Road with his wife, Sherry Jayson, 37, as his passenger. As they approached the railroad crossing, a CSX freight train was heading west bound crossing Fox road. The crossing gate was lowered and operational.
The motorcycle was unable to stop in time and struck the crossing gate. …
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A motorcycle accident has claimed the life of an Orient-Macksburg Community School District teacher. Mark Peterson, 23, taught English at the High School.
The accident occurred around 10:45 A.M. Saturday. Iowa State Patrol authorities state Peterson was riding his 2001 Honda Motorcycle north on Highway 25 when another driver failed to yield at the 130th Avenue intersection.
Authorities say June Floyd, 47, of Creston, caused the collision when she turned her 1993 Ford Escort left in front of Peterson’s motorcycle. According to the police report, Floyd was uninjured.
Flags at Orient-Macksburg high school fly …
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A 4-year-old boy was killed in an all-terrain vehicle accident near Middletown, MD. The accident occurred when the boy wandered away from family members and drove the ATV to a creek where it overturned.
An autopsy was done and concluded that the child, Fordham Poffenbarger drowned. Frederick County Sheriff’s Office Cpl. Jennifer Bailey said Poffenbarger was pronounced dead on Sunday, one day after the accident.
Cpl Bailey said the ATVs had been put away for the night Saturday when the child wandered off and took the ATV for a ride on the …

