Archive for the 'fatality' Category

Danehy on Jose Rincon

Posted by Erik on February 26th, 2010 filed in Slightly off-topic rant, fatality

Tom Danehy has an article on the Rincon award. You be the judge.
I have a hard time paying much attention to a fellow who believes that art should never be publicly funded and who does everything in his power to keep his children from riding a bicycle on the street. He [...]

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$40 million award in Jose Rincon death

Posted by Erik on February 13th, 2010 filed in fatality

Story here.
-EBR

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Jose Rincon wrongful death trial commences

Posted by Erik on February 3rd, 2010 filed in fatality

Most readers of this blog know about young Jose Rincon, who was killed two years ago while riding his bike along the shoulder on Broadway.
His family has sued the City of Tucson and the driver, Glenda Rumsey. The trial is occurring now in Superior Court. If you want to go, the trial is [...]

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Over 2000 cyclists join memorial ride for Florida cyclist killed by drunk driver

Posted by Erik on January 25th, 2010 filed in fatality, ghostbikes, hit and run, memorial

This story is awful in every way. (Link to story on Drunkcyclist, not always completely SFW). See more about the memorial ride here, including lots of photos.
–EBR

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More of same: Still no charges in death of Yuma cyclist Doug Flynn

Ron K put this in the comments section and I thought it needed highlighting.
From the Yuma Sun:
No charges filed yet in cyclist’s death
November 26, 2009 9:45 PM
BY JAMES GILBERT, SUN STAFF WRITER
The case involving a woman whose car allegedly struck and killed a 37-year-old Yuma man two months ago has been referred back to the [...]

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Heavy

Posted by Erik on October 8th, 2009 filed in Carhead, Preapocalyptic technological dystopia, fatality

Folks, that is a photograph of seven year old Kylie Bruehler. She is at a funeral service to bury her parents, both of whom were killed last week when a driver veered onto the shoulder and drove his pickup truck into them.
They were riding together on a tandem.
The local news reports that [...]

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Motorist who killed Jerome Featherman fined $254.00

Posted by Erik on September 28th, 2009 filed in fatality, getting off easy again, vexation of the spirit

From the Green Valley News
Driver in fatal crash is fined
Published: Saturday, September 26, 2009 12:14 PM MST
Green Valley News
The driver of a car that struck and killed a Green Valley cyclist Sept. 3 pleaded responsible to two traffic violations and paid $254 in fines.
David Armstrong, 76, of Green Valley, pleaded responsible to “overtaking bicycles — [...]

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Some terrible news from Yuma

Posted by Erik on September 24th, 2009 filed in fatality

R.K. from Yuma just sent me this awful news from the The Yuma Sun about Doug Flynn, president of the Yuma Bike Club:
A 37-year-old Yuma man was killed Thursday morning when his bicycle was struck by a vehicle while he was riding with a group of other cyclists in Somerton.
Somerton police have identified the cyclist [...]

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Green Valley News on Jerome Featherman

Posted by Erik on September 16th, 2009 filed in fatality, getting off easy again, safety, vexation of the spirit

The Green Valley News has a quite good article on Jerome Featherman, who was killed by an inattentive motorist on September 3. It seems that Mr. Featherman was a skilled and cautious cyclist, but his care and skill was no match for the man who drifted into the bike lane and drove into him [...]

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More on Jerome Featherman

Posted by Erik on September 3rd, 2009 filed in fatality

Several people have written me to say that the reporting on this story seems considerably better than the kinds of reporting we often get with cyclist fatalities. The reporter here makes a point of saying the motorist was driving in the bike lane and that Mr. Featherman was wearing safety equipment. Also, the [...]

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