Archive for the 'fatality' Category

Fifteen tickets later, 22 year-old driver finally kills a bicyclist

Posted by Erik on April 8th, 2011 filed in Preapocalyptic technological dystopia, fatality, getting off easy again

Amine Britel, above, was killed while cycling in Newport Beach, CA on February 21.
What should it take to lose your driver’s license? From the Orange County Weekly:

Danae Marie Miller, 22, of Newport Beach, is accused of killing bicyclist Amine Britel on San Joaquin Hills Road with her car. Miller was allegedly drunk; since [...]

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Tucson pedestrian killed in marked crosswalk; driver faces citation

This was on the AZ Daily Star Website today:
Pedestrian struck in crosswalk dies
A 79-year-old man who was struck by a vehicle on the west side last week died Sunday.
The vehicle hit Jose Jesus Garcia in a marked crosswalk near the intersection of West St. Mary’s Road and North Cherokee Avenue around 4 p.m. Wednesday, said [...]

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Glenda Rumsey civil verdict overturned

Posted by Erik on March 17th, 2011 filed in fatality

The Arizona Court of Appeals has overturned the enormous civil verdict obtained by the Rincon family against Glenda Rumsey, Chuy’s, and the City of Tucson.
The Court found that some testimony by young Jose Rincon’s family members was inappropriate, because they testified as to the fault of the defendants — a matter they could not know.
The [...]

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Check out the Doug Flynn fatality info at azbikelaw.org

Posted by Erik on July 13th, 2010 filed in fatality, getting off easy again

Ed over at azbikelaw.org has posted an excellent write-up of the Doug Flynn fatality in Yuma last year. Mr. Flynn was hit head-on by a driver passing a farm vehicle.
Ed is judiciously collecting bike fatality data from all over the state. He’s doing all cyclists a great service by analyzing and [...]

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Did the new trolley tracks claim their first life?

Posted by Erik on July 6th, 2010 filed in fatality

It sure looks like it. Dennis McKinney, 47, was killed just prior to the intersection of Congress and the 4th Avenue tunnel yesterday morning. He was riding a motorized bicycle. The police have reported that witnesses saw him lose control of his bike and “run into another vehicle.”
Hopefully the official police report [...]

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Cyclist killed this morning at 4th Avenue and Congress

Posted by Erik on July 5th, 2010 filed in Don't read the comments, fatality

From KVOA:
TUCSON – An early morning accident leaves a bicyclist dead.
Tucson Police say it happened on 4th Avenue and Congress around 5:00 a.m. when the bicyclist and a vehicle were both headed westbound on Congress.
Witnesses say the bicyclist lost control and swerved into the vehicle. Tucson police police say preliminary reports show that [...]

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Drake Okusaku ghost bike up on one-year anniversary of his death

Posted by Erik on May 29th, 2010 filed in fatality, ghostbikes

I just got this today from my friend S:
Hi Erik,
Just wondered if you could post info on the ghost bike I just got up for Drake
Okusako. Here’s a blip if you want to put it on the blog. Thanks – S
Yet another ghost bike is up to remind people to drive safely and [...]

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Jose Rincon $40M award reduced to $12M; City rejected settlement offer of $950,000.00

Posted by Erik on May 28th, 2010 filed in fatality

The AZ Daily Star reports today that the judge in the Jose Rincon wrongful-death lawsuit has reduced the award the Rincon family received from $40 million to $12 million.
But what is really interesting to me is that the Rincon family extended an offer before trial of 950,000 dollars, which the city rejected. Who made [...]

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Four-year sentence for motorist who struck and killed Drake Okusako

Posted by Erik on April 12th, 2010 filed in fatality

This regarding Drake Okusako’s death in today’s AZ Daily Star:
Tucson man gets 4-year prison sentence in death of soccer coach
Brian J. Pedersen Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Monday, April 12, 2010 9:24 am
A 20-year-old Tucson man was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for a 2009 crash that killed a popular youth soccer coach.
Jesse [...]

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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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