The 2010 Model from Brass Balls - The 69
Chopper
Posted: 01 Aug 2009 03:47 PM PDT
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Hell on Earth and Outlaws within the
law in the north country
BusinessNorth - The
Outlaws were within the law this weekend
in northwestern Wisconsin…and the Hell’s
Angels acted…well…not exactly angelic
but within the law. Mike Simonson
reports from Superior.
No fights, no rumbles in the
northwestern jungles between the
competing biker clubs.
Washburn County Sheriff Terry Dryden
says the law enforcement presence was
more than 100 officers.
"(reporter) So you had more officers
than outlaws? Yeah, just about."
The Outlaws Motorcycle Club consider
Wisconsin their territory, while the
Hell's Angels claim Minnesota as their
own. Dryden says they needed to have
good intelligence for this three day
leather-clad war game.
"We were able to have Wisconsin DNR
aircraft up in the air along with the
State Patrol aircraft and a couple of
helicopters here and there. We were able
to track these individuals the minute
they hit northwestern Wisconsin."
They did it with deputies from 18
counties, six police departments, the
Wisconsin Department of Justice and
Emergency Management and the federal ATF
and FBI—all watching about 100 Outlaw
members.
"There might be an argument from some
people that we're overburdened,
overbearing on motorcyclists and I
dispute that. We did what we had to do
to protect the citizens and the only way
we could do that was to find out who's
coming, where they are, where they're
going and if they have any weapons. By
doing that, we prevented a lot of stuff,
the potential, from happening."
The only arrest in Wisconsin was an
Outlaw carrying a concealed weapon along
with a few traffic tickets
South Whitehall motorcyclist killed
in I-78 crash -
Allentown Morning
Call - A 62-year-old South
Whitehall Township man died from
injuries in a motorcycle accident on
Interstate 78 in Upper Macungie
Township.
Daniel G. Betz crashed into a
tractor-trailer while entering
Interstate 78 east from northbound Route
100 around 3:30 p.m. Friday, according
to state police at Fogelsville.
Betz hit the right side of the truck's
trailer, which was in the right lane
heading east, police said. The truck
driver, Welton L. Cartwright, 52, of
Irvington, N.J., was not injured.
Betz was taken to Lehigh Valley
Hospital-Cedar Crest, where he was
pronounced dead.
Police said no charges will be filed.
Ontario woman killed in motorcycle
accident on Dragon -
Maryville Daily
Times - A Canadian woman died
Sunday when her vehicle left the
“Dragon” and struck a tree.
Julie A. Beacock, 52, Ontario, was
pronounced dead following the crash on a
motorcycle, according to a Tennessee
Highway Patrol report by Trooper Jerry
Watson.
Watson reported that Beacock was riding
a 2009 Suzuki SX6 motorcycle northbound
on Calderwood Highway at about 4 p.m.
Sunday. She was traveling near mile
marker 5 when her motorcycle ran off the
road to the left and struck a tree.
Beacock was wearing a helmet. According
to the report, drugs or alcohol were not
suspected factors in the crash.
Dover man stable after motorcycle
crash -
Foster's Daily
Democrat - DOVER — A local man
was in stable condition Sunday evening
after being hospitalized following a
motorcycle crash Saturday near Exit 8 on
the Spaulding Turnpike.
Luke P. Marshall, 21, of Dover, was
taken to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. A
nursing supervisor there verified his
condition.
State Police and firefighters responded
at about 7:20 p.m. to the accident,
which occurred in the southbound lanes.
State Police are investigating the
crash.
Probe continues into fatal crash
- The
Republican - MassLive.com -
HUNTINGTON - Investigators continue to
probe the fiery crash that took the life
of a Westfield firefighter Saturday
night when his motorcycle collided with
a car on County Road.
Glen R. Walz, 39, of Westfield, died at
the scene. The driver of the car was
taken to Cooley Dickinson Hospital in
Hospital with burn injuries that are not
life-threatening. Her name has not been
released.
Walz, 39, grew up in Westfield and is
the father of two teenage sons. Memorial
donations may be sent to the United
Cooperative Bank, 10 Elm St., Westfield,
MA 01085.
Huntington Police Chief Robert F.
Gariepy said Monday he is awaiting
results from the state medical
examiner's office and the Massachusetts
State Police Collision and
Reconstruction Section.
The accident happened about 7:30 p.m. on
a curve on a remote section of County
Road near house No. 43. Walz was riding
a 1971 Triumph motorcycle west and the
woman was driving east.
According to 911 records, a caller, via
cell phone, told police that both the
car and the motorcycle were on fire
following the crash.
"He was one of the good guys," said
Westfield Fire Chief William E. Phelon.
"He was well-respected."
Walz joined the department a dozen years
ago and was recently promoted to become
chief mechanic, assigned to care for all
of the fire engines and other apparatus,
Phelon said.
Walz spent six years serving in the U.S.
Army and learned to be a mechanic fixing
Army helicopters. Recently he was
working with the department's mechanic
and had earned his certification to work
on emergency vehicles, Phelon said.
Wreck victim dies at Vandy
- The
Tennessean - A motorcyclist who
was taken by LifeFlight to Vanderbilt
died Monday, two days after being struck
by a pickup truck near Stones River
Mall.
George E. Tucker Jr., 53, was
transported to Middle Tennessee Medical
Center by Rutherford County Emergency
Medical Service personnel and then flown
to Vanderbilt hospital by LifeFlight
with serious injuries following an
accident just after 4 p.m. Saturday. He
was listed in critical condition at that
time.
Officials with Vanderbilt University
Medical Center said Tucker died early
Monday afternoon.
Tucker was traveling east on Stones
River Mall Boulevard near Stones River
Mall when he was hit by a red Nissan
Frontier truck, according to
Murfreesboro Police Department.
The truck, driven by Thomas C. McEwen,
39, was stopped at the stop sign at the
intersection but pulled into the
intersection and into the path of the
motorcyclist, police reported.
"After a preliminary investigation,
(Fatal Accident Crash Team)
investigators believe a red Nissan
Frontier truck was traveling north,
exiting the parking lot of Stones River
Mall onto Stones River Mall Boulevard,"
MPD spokesman Kyle Evans said. "The
motorcycle attempted to avoid the truck
but was unsuccessful."
The FACT unit is investigating the
crash, and no charges or citations have
been filed, police said.
The victim of a pedestrian-vehicle
accident on Saturday was listed in
stable condition at Vanderbilt hospital
Monday evening.
Kirkland Mason, 58, of Christiana was
taken by LifeFlight Saturday to
Vanderbilt after being struck by a
vehicle after it became dislodged from a
trailer while he was trimming weeds
along U.S. Highway 231 South
(Shelbyville Highway).
According to Tennessee Highway Patrol,
Ronald Read, 38, of Murfreesboro was
driving a Chevy Silverado pickup pulling
a trailer with a stock car on
Shelbyville Highway around 5 p.m.
Saturday when the incident occured.
THP Trooper Rick Jones investigated the
incident and reported he believed the
stock car came off the trailer and
crossed the median before striking
Mason, who was trimming weeds in his
yard on Shelbyville Highway.
Read was cited for having an "unsecured
load" on his trailer.
Hundreds Expected At Rossmeyer's
Funeral Tuesday - ORMOND
BEACH -- Family and close friends will
pay their respects to Bruce Rossmeyer
Tuesday at the Christ Presbyterian
Church on Granada Boulevard.
Police were told to expect only a coupe
hundred people, but they expect more
will come.
"The church itself is only gonna hold so
many people. So we're expecting a big
overflow of that," said Sgt. Kenny Hayes
from the Ormond Beach Police Department.
Rossmeyer died after being struck by an
RV in Wyoming Friday.
He was riding his motorcycle with a
group of friends on their way to
Sturgis, S.D. for a bike rally.
Rossmeyer owned the largest Harley
dealership in the country and is
credited with being instrumental in
helping start and build Bike Week to
what it is today -- one of the largest
motorcycle gatherings in the world with
more than half a million attending every
year and pumping millions into the local
economy.
The philanthropist was well-known among
bikers and social circles, which is why
police expect many will attend the
procession from the church to his final
resting place at Hill Side Cemetery on
the city's beachside where parking is
even more scarce.
"The situation is that I don't think
anyone knows for sure how many people
are gonna be coming to this thing,"
Hayes said.
A representative with the public
relations firm working with the family
said to expect more than 1,000 people to
attend.
Neither police or the P.R. firm know if
any motorcycle enthusiasts will be in
the procession paying their final
respects to Rossmeyer.
Motorcycle accident victim is
identified -
Albany Times Union -
GUILDERLAND -- A man who was an Albany
County correction officer for 10 years
has been identified as the victim of a
Saturday afternoon motorcycle crash on
Dunnsville Road.
Robert "Bobby" H. Oddy Jr., 33, of
Voorheesville, was a 1994 graduate of
Voorheesville High School and was
devoted to his family and friends, said
his sister Jodi Oddy. "There's just a
lot to say about him that I can't even
sum it up," Oddy said. "He and I we were
tighter than any siblings you'd come
across."
Bobby Oddy was a fun-loving
adventure-seeker and enjoyed riding his
Harley. Oddy had played semipro football
for the Glove City Colonials and the
Amsterdam Zephyrs. He is survived by his
wife, Marica Oddy, and their children
Alandra and Janaye. His parents are
Robert Oddy Sr. and Georgianna
Ertel-Oddy of Voorheesville.
The man was driving southbound on
Dunnsville near Settles Hill Road around
4:40 p.m. when his motorcycle left the
road and struck a tree. Oddy was
transported to Albany Medical Center,
where he later died. The crash is still
under investigation.
Pike County Man Killed in Motorcycle
Crash -
WOWK -
Shelbiana, Ky -- Kentucky State Police
report that James Justice, 62, of 1347
Shelby Dry Fork, in Shelbiana, was
killed Monday morning in a single
vehicle motorcycle crash.
Justice was traveling south on Shelby
Dry Fork Road when he lost control of
his 2007 Yamaha. The motorcycle
overturned and Justice was ejected.
The accident is under investigation by
Trooper Eddie Crum of the Kentucky State
Police. Justice was pronounced dead at
the scene by the Pike County Coroner's
Office.
Bikers crashed on risky curve
- The Wichita
Eagle - For the second time in
three years, a serious motorcycle crash
has marred the monthly Cassoday Bike
Run.
But authorities said Monday they do not
see a need to call for changes in the
popular gathering that routinely draws
thousands of people to the tiny Flint
Hills town.
James R. Lacey, 63, of Melvern was
killed and his wife, 62-year-old Joyce
Lacey, was seriously injured in a crash
at 10:15 a.m. Sunday north of Cassoday
on K-177.
The Laceys were coming south when they
went through a curve a couple of miles
north of Cassoday, left the west side of
the road, struck a sign post and
overturned, Butler County Sheriff Craig
Murphy said.
"That is not a good curve," Murphy said.
"That is a curve you do not want to be
going too fast around."
That's true whether you're using a
motorcycle, car, pickup, SUV or RV, he
said.
Three motorcycle riders were seriously
injured on the first Sunday in April
2006 when one rider tried to pass
another three miles south of Cassoday on
K-177 and collided head-on with the
third rider.
But Murphy said he does not think the
monthly bike run is becoming a safety
hazard.
"The majority of them have been pretty
law-abiding," he said. "We have had
trouble with the young kids on sport
bikes."
Those motorcycles can accelerate quickly
and easily go more than 100 mph, Murphy
said.
"It becomes too dangerous to even try to
chase them," he said. "There's a lot of
those bikes up there" on the first
Sunday of the warm-weather months, he
said, "and they kind of turn the thing
into a free-for-all.
"What they're doing is actually using
the other bike traffic to kind of hide
themselves. It makes it difficult for us
to try to apprehend them. That's the one
thing that causes us the most problem.
It's not really the number of bikes."
Other bikers have been good at helping
law enforcement officers find the
speeding and reckless riders, Murphy
said, and that remains the best form of
enforcement at this stage.
"It's not all of these kids with the
sport bikes, but it's the ones that feel
that need for speed," Murphy said.
"People that ride those things that way
are idiots."
The Laceys were on a big road
motorcycle, Murphy said. James Lacey was
not wearing a helmet, but his wife was.
Joyce Lacey remained in serious
condition Monday at Wesley Medical
Center.
Oak Ridge firefighter killed in Texas
motorcycle wreck -
WVLT -
ANDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) -- The Oak
Ridge Fire Department confirmed Monday
that one of its firefighters was killed
over the weekend in Texas.
It happened just before midnight
Saturday when Bill Lewis Elliott, 41 was
visiting relatives in Beaumont, Texas.
Beaumont Police said Elliott was riding
his motorcycle down the road and somehow
lost control and slammed into a
“landscaping feature” in someone’s yard.
He passed away Sunday in the hospital.
According to ORFD officials, Elliott was
a mechanic with the City of Oak Ridge
when before becoming a firefighter on
August 23, 2003.
"Bill was one of the people everyone
liked,” said ORFD Chief Mack Bailey in a
prepared statement. “He operated an
automobile repair shop, and was always
willing to help anyone, especially his
fellow firefighters. Bill will be truly
missed.”
Elliott leaves behind a wife and three
children.
Herminie man killed in Westmoreland
County crash -
Pittsburgh Post
Gazette - A Herminie man died
Saturday night when his motorcycle
crashed into a car on Route 30 in
Hempfield, Westmoreland County.
Donald Errin Johnston, 38, was traveling
east on the highway at 9:37 p.m. when a
car heading the other way turned left in
front of him. His cycle hit the car and
Mr. Johnston, who was not wearing a
helmet, was thrown from the bike.
He was taken to Excela Health
Westmoreland Hospital at Jeannette,
where he was pronounced dead at 10:50
p.m., the Westmoreland County coroner's
office said.
State police are investigating.
Bikers weekend set for Timberline
- Huntington
Herald Dispatch - DAVIS --
Timberline Four Seasons Resort is
hosting its first ever motorcycle rally
Aug. 21 through Aug. 23, with bikers
arriving on Friday.
Friday night's events include dinner and
karaoke on the deck of the resort's
Fireside Grill.
On Saturday morning, the bikers will
depart for a six-hour ride through the
Canaan Valley.
There is no registration fee for the
event, and cash prizes will be given to
winners of the Saturday bike show.
On-site lodging is available in resort's
new hotel.
For more information, call 800-766-9464.
Pair hospitalized after motorcycle
crash -
Tampa Tribune -
CLEARWATER - A motorcyclist and his
passenger were in critical condition
Monday night after the driver of the
motorcycle rear ended a car that had
stopped for traffic, the Florida Highway
Patrol said.
Motorcycle driver David Bell, 37, and
passenger Alicia Nicole Zengel, 23, both
of Clearwater, were transported to
Bayfront Medical Center.
At around 6 p.m., Bell was in the
outside lane of State Road 580 heading
east. A 2008 Saturn was in front of Bell
heading in the same direction.
The driver of the Saturn, Victor Bedard,
74, of Clearwater, stopped for traffic.
Bell couldn't stop in time and rear
ended the Saturn, officials said.
Bell, who wasn't wearing a helmet, was
ejected from the 2006 Harley Davidson he
was riding.
Bedard and his passenger were not
injured, officials said.
FHP said the case remains under
investigation.
Motorcyclists rev up for fight
against MS -
New Britain Herald -
SOUTHINGTON — More than 800
motorcyclists beat the rain and faced
only a tiny bit of drizzle Sunday
morning as they rode 50 miles through
scenic Connecticut in support of the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Sponsored by the Connecticut chapter of
the MS Society, the ninth annual MS
Motorcycle Ride attracted more drivers
than ever before. Starting and ending at
the Cadillac Ranch, the riders found
camaraderie and a good time gathering
for the cause. Registration fees — of
$30 to $35 per driver and $20 to $25 per
passenger — plus donations will probably
add up to around $36,000, according to
Stephanie Gaudette, coordinator of the
event.
Gaudette was worried the weather would
prevent some people from attending, but
they still made it and only saw a few
drizzles during the actual ride.
“It didn’t stop people from coming out,”
she said, adding that she saw at least
800 to 1,000 people. The MS Society
won’t have exact numbers of how much
money they raised until sometime this
week.
Judi Weingarden, who has MS, spoke at
the beginning of the event then took the
ride with her husband. This was their
third year participating.
“Obviously the funding for the society
is of critical importance to me,” she
said, adding that she recently lost
three friends she met in an online group
for people with MS. “I’m hoping that
someday there will be a cure.”
Before taking off, Weingarden said she
hopes the ride next year will be a
celebration of finding a cure for MS.
Six-thousand people in Connecticut are
living with MS, a potentially
debilitating autoimmune disease
affecting the central nervous system.
The cause is unknown, and there is
currently no cure.
Many participants were either directly
or indirectly affected by the disease
and just wanted to help the cause.
“We came because my girlfriend has MS,”
said Nicole Wilson, of Milford. She
attended with her husband, Steve, and
said she likes this type of event.
“There’s good spirits, the food’s
awesome.”
“It’s nice to see a lot of people come
together to beat [MS],” Steve Wilson
said. The two participate in many
motorcycle ride charities, including
ones for cancer and Sept. 11.
The Wilsons weren’t the only ones.
Vidal Vargas, of Meriden, attended
because he often participates in charity
rides, mostly for children. He started
seven years ago with the Miracle Ride in
Hartford for the Connecticut Children’s
Medical Center because his son had to
stay in the hospital “for quite some
time.”
“The ride was awesome,” he said. “I
loved the scenery, through the lakes and
stuff.”
While Vargas has participated in many
rides, he said this was one of the
nicest because it went through back
roads.
Joe Velez, president of the Iron Steeds
riding club, volunteered at the event
with a few other members of the club.
“We came for the cause,” he said. He and
the other Iron Steeds members worked as
road marshals, blocking off
intersections so all the motorcyclists
could safely get through together.
For Velez, a resident of Stratford, it
was his first time there, but he had a
friend who had participated before and
had asked for the club’s help. Velez
said that he and the Iron Steeds also
participate in a lot of rides for cancer
and other causes.
The event continued after the ride,
inside the Cadillac Ranch, where people
enjoyed their lunches and watched local
band “Lick” perform covers of some of
their favorite songs — from Alanis
Morissette’s “You Oughta Know” to Bryan
Adams’ “Summer of ’69.”
American Motorcyclist Association
welcomes Maggie McNally to Board of
Directors
PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- The American
Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is
pleased to announce that longtime
motorcyclist and rider safety coach
Maggie McNally has been appointed to the
AMA Board of Directors. McNally, who
resides in Albany, N.Y., will represent
individual members from the country's
Northeast region on the AMA Board.
"Maggie's fresh perspective and
enthusiasm for riding will certainly be
welcome," said AMA President and CEO Rob
Dingman. "Her dedication to safety
training and her outreach to potential
riders gel very much with the goals of
the AMA, and we're looking forward to
her contributions to the Association."
McNally, whose appointment was approved
at the Board's July 27 meeting, fills
the vacancy created when former Board
Member Joe Bromley joined the AMA staff
as the director of racing. Her term
expires in February 2011.
"I am thrilled to be joining a team of
motorcycling giants in the joint effort
to continue the promotion of the
motorcycling lifestyle," McNally said.
"I look forward to bringing my personal
experiences as a female rider into the
mix, and hope to further the growth of
female riders in all aspects of our
sport. I believe the most important
issues to motorcycling today are
ensuring access to affordable motorcycle
training programs throughout the
country, the availability of the
motorcycling experience to persons with
disabilities, and a drive to make our
sport enticing to youth of the inner
city. Motorcycling is not just a
suburban or rural sport anymore."
McNally's love for riding began when she
was 11-years old and her cousin took her
for a ride on a Triumph. A few years
later, eager to disprove a naysayer who
suggested that women don't ride
motorcycles, she got her riding permit
and a 1972 Suzuki GT380. McNally
continues to be an avid motorcyclist and
is a Motorcycle Safety Foundation
RiderCoach.
In addition to her motorcycling
activities, McNally is active in
Albany's Irish-American community, as an
Irish 2000 Music and Arts Festival board
member, Albany St. Patrick's Day Parade
Committee member, and an assistant
instructor at the Farrell School of
Irish Dance. She also participates at
the local and state level of the Ladies
Ancient Order of Hibernians.
McNally works for the State of New York
as a voice/data communications
specialist and is currently pursuing a
Masters of Business Administration
degree.
About the American Motorcyclist
Association
Since 1924, the AMA has protected the
future of motorcycling and promoted the
motorcycle lifestyle. AMA members come
from all walks of life, and they
navigate many different routes on their
journey to the same destination: freedom
on two wheels. As the world's largest
motorcycling organization, the AMA
advocates for motorcyclists' interests
in the halls of local, state and federal
government, the committees of
international governing organizations,
and the court of public opinion. Through
member clubs, promoters and partners,
the AMA sanctions more motorsports
competition and motorcycle recreational
events than any other organization in
the world. AMA members receive
money-saving discounts from dozens of
well-known suppliers of motorcycle
services, gear and apparel, bike rental,
transport, hotel stays and more. Through
its Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum, the
AMA preserves the heritage of
motorcycling for future generations.
Fort Wood man hurt in motorcycle
crash -
News-Leader.com -
A man suffered serious injuries in a
Pulaski County motorcycle crash Sunday
morning.
According to a report from the Missouri
Highway Patrol, Andrade H. Castillo, of
Fort Leonard Wood, was driving south in
a 2006 Susuki about 10:20 when he ran
off the right side of Missouri 17 about
9 miles south of Waynesville. The
motorcycle then struck a ditch and
overturned several times.
Castillo was airlifted to St. John's
hospital in Springfield, the report said
Castillo was wearing a helmet at the
time, according to the report.
Walton man dies in crash Saturday
- Oneonta Daily
Star - A Walton man died Saturday
from injuries suffered earlier that day
in a motorcycle crash.
William A. Walley, 51, was riding his
1994 Harley-Davidson east on Beers Brook
Road at about 6:20 p.m. when he lost
control of the motorcycle and it came to
rest in Beers Brook, according to
Delaware County deputies.
Walley suffered severe head and chest
injuries and was taken by ambulance to
Delaware Valley Hospital in Walton where
he died, deputies said.
No further information, including
whether Walley was wearing a helmet, was
available from deputies, and a sheriff's
office dispatcher said the crash is
under investigation.
Walley is a former Marine who was
employed at the Kraft plant in Walton,
locally known as Breakstone's for 28
years, according to his obituary on the
Courtney Funeral Home website.
Kraft plant manager Paul Carlstrom said
he only knew Walley professionally but
said his loss will be devastating for
the plant, which has tightknit
employees.
"He was a highly thought of employee.
Everybody liked Bill," Carlstrom said
Sunday.
Carlstrom said Kraft will be looking at
ways to help employees through the
grieving process and allow them to
attend services for Walley.
"It will be a difficult week," Carlstrom
said.
Walley enjoyed riding motorcyles,
kayaking, fishing and hunting, according
to his obituary.
He is survived by his wife, Cindy, sons
Cory and Ethan, and daughter, Brook
Walley, as well as two granddaughters
and several other relatives.
A brother-in-law of Walley said Sunday
that it was a rough time and the family
did not wish to comment.
Man stable after motorcycle crash
- Foster's
Daily Democrat - DOVER — A local
man was in stable condition Sunday
evening after being hospitalized
following a motorcycle crash Saturday
near Exit 8 on the Spaulding Turnpike.
Luke P. Marshall, 21, of Dover, was
taken to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. A
nursing supervisor there verified his
condition.
State Police and firefighters responded
at about 7:20 p.m. to the accident,
which occurred in the southbound lanes.
State Police are investigating the
crash.
Chelsea man dead after motorcycle
crash -
Rutland Herald -
A 37-year-old man from Chelsea died of
injuries he sustained after his
motorcycle crashed into a Honda CRV on
Interstate 91 in Norwich on Saturday
afternoon. Police say speed may have
been a factor in the crash.
Police say Anthony Emerson passed a
tractor-trailer on the right side of the
highway in the breakdown lane at about
4:51 p.m. and hit the rear bumper of the
Honda, which was driving in front of the
tractor-trailer.
Emerson lost control of his bike after
hitting the Honda's rear bumper and he
was thrown off. He was transported to
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and
pronounced dead.
An investigation into the cause of crash
is ongoing.
Motorcyclist injured in Palm Coast
- Daytona Beach
News-Journal - A man suffered
serious injuries after losing control of
his motorcycle early Sunday in a crash
on Palm Harbor Parkway in Palm Coast,
the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Richard Michael Wade, 21, of Palm Coast
was riding south about 2 a.m. when he
failed to negotiate a curve north of
Frontier Driver, troopers said.
Wade was ejected when his Yamaha struck
a guardrail. He was taken to Halifax
Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach
in serious condition, troopers said. His
condition was not available Sunday, and
the FHP did not say if was wearing a
helmet.
261 citations issued in connection
with cycle rally -
Sioux Falls Argus
Leader - Through Saturday, 261
citations had been issued in connection
with the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which
officially starts today.
That compares with 239 citations issued
at the same stage last year, the state
Highway Patrol reported.
This year's citations included 45 DUI
arrests, up from 40 by this time last
year, but only one felony drug arrest,
down from 10 at this time last year.
Eleven injury accidents have been
recorded, compared with 10 at this point
last year. In the most serious accident
Saturday, three miles east of Sturgis on
Interstate 90, a Chevy Cavalier driven
by Justin Stanley, 18, of Hermosa,
swerved into the passing lane, the
patrol said. It struck a motorcycle
driven by Donnie Green, 37, of Leon,
W.Va. That caused Green to lose control
of his cycle and crash.
Stanley fled but later was detained and
charged with hit-and-run and reckless
driving. Green sustained serious
injuries, the patrol said.
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