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Drunk motorist acquitted in death of 16 year old cyclist

Posted by Erik on March 11th, 2009 filed in getting off easy again

From the story:

GALVESTON — A man whose blood-alcohol content measured nearly four times the legal limit was acquitted Monday of an intoxication manslaughter charge in the death of a 16-year-old bicyclist.
After finding Ronald Lloyd Kenney, 67, not guilty in the 2006 death of Daniel Gonzales III, the jury met with Galveston County Assistant District Attorney [...]

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Tempe prosecutors and police department practice even-handed approach to cyclists and motorists

Posted by Erik on January 27th, 2009 filed in Preapocalyptic technological dystopia, getting off easy again

Turns out in Tempe it doesn’t have to be a cyclist you run down and kill in order to escape prosecution. Up there in Tempe they even let you kill other motorists!
From the January 23, 2009 Arizona Republic article:

Just after 9 p.m., Ruben was headed west on Broadway when a southbound SUV, [...]

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El Tour hit and run driver to move to assisted living center in Georgia

Posted by Erik on January 14th, 2009 filed in getting off easy again, safety, upcoming bicycle related events

Several of you flagged this story from last week’s Arizona Daily Star about William Wilson, the man who hit and seriously injured several El Tour de Tucson riders, including Gary Stuebe, who is critically injured. Wilson has plead not guilty and has moved to an assisted living center in Georgia. He is 91 [...]

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Tucson-Pima Bike Advisory Committee Meeting to include County Attorney’s Office Representative

Tomorrow’s Bike Advisory Committee meeting will include Bruce Chalk of the County Attorney’s Office. It was Chalk’s office that declined to prosecute the woman who hit and killed Charles Nystrom, and which has responsibility for most felony assaults, hit-and-run, and auto incidents in Tucson and Pima County.
Here is one reader’s note, submitted earlier as a [...]

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Husband, Father, Teacher: Forever May You Fly

The Nystrom family installed this beautiful ghost bike near Udall Park on Tanque Verde Road this week.
Air Force Lt. Colonel Charles Nystrom was killed last August by a drug-impaired driver who apparently sped around cars that had slowed to let him cross the street where he was to visit his family at a restaurant.
Mr. [...]

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See how easy that was? El Tour hit and run driver indicted

Posted by Erik on December 19th, 2008 filed in getting off easy again

Story here.
Update: Slightly more thorough story here.
–Erik Ryberg

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Update on Gary Stuebe, injured El Tour Rider

Posted by Erik on December 18th, 2008 filed in Our eternal quest for Platinum Status, Uncategorized, getting off easy again

As most of you know, Gary Stuebe was critically injured nearly a month ago at the El Tour de Tucson. He seems to be improving, but the improvement is very slow as he suffered a brain injury. This is what I have:
UPDATE GARY STUEBE:
Gary opened his eyes yesterday. I asked him if he [...]

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Hit and run involving a bicyclist — do Tucson drivers get one freebie?

Posted by Erik on December 10th, 2008 filed in Uncategorized, getting off easy again

While mulling over why it is taking so long for a decision to made about charging the driver with leaving the scene of an accident in the El Tour case that left local cyclist Gary Stuebe in a coma, I got to thinking about the Jennifer Henderson case from earlier this year.
Ms. Henderson struck a [...]

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“Simply incorrect and unfounded.”

Posted by Erik on December 8th, 2008 filed in TPD shortcomings, getting off easy again

The Pima County Attorney has just e-mailed local bicycling industry professional and bike advocate Scott Blanchard to tell him that all is well in the world of bike enforcement in Tucson. She said:
Please know that my office takes [the El Tour] case, as well as all other vehicular cases, including those in which cyclists are [...]

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Here’s the Salazar police report for your review

Posted by Erik on December 7th, 2008 filed in Uncategorized, getting off easy again

Several people have asked me for a copy of the police report from the Leonard Salazar case, below.
Here it is. (pdf).
–Erik Ryberg

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