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Saturday, October 18, 2014Area:
Salt Lake City, UTA motorcyclist who officials say was speeding too fast for a tight curve crashed near Sundance Saturday afternoon. The rider was driving eastbound on the Alpine Loop between Sundance and Aspen Grove around 1:45 p.m., when he lost control of the motorcycle and was ejected. The rider was not wearing a helmet and sustained severe head trauma. He was flown by helicopter to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in extremely critical condition. Drug use is being investigated as a factor in the crash. There were no passengers.
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Saturday, October 18, 2014Area:
Salt Lake City, UTJustin Greaves, 39, of West Valley City died at the scene when he laid his bike down to avoid a car turning left into his path while attempting to enter a gas station at 3900 South, 500 West in South Salt Lake, Utah. Graves was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014Area:
Pittsburgh, PARyan D. Knopsnider, 31, died of blunt-force injuries to his head and neck after his motorcycle traveled off the west side of Freeman Falls Road in Mt. Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County and hit a utility pole. Speed is believed to have been a factor, and Knopsnider was not wearing a helmet.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014Area:
New York, NYDavid McGivney and Paul Rodrigues were riding ATVs on Bailey Street when Rodrigues was rear-ended by Mcgivney, causing both men to sustain serious injuries. Neither was wearing proper head gear. Rodrigues sustained severe head trauma and later died at a hospital. Mcgivney was charged with reckless driving, reckless endangerment, driving without a helmet, and for not having any insurance.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014Area:
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FLAt around 4:00am, a 25-year-old motorcyclist was turning into the parking lot for Hard Rock Casino, when his front tire hit a median and he was thrown from the vehicle. He was critically injured and taken to Tampa General Hospital. He was not wearing a helmet during the crash.
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Sunday, October 12, 2014Area:
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FLA motorcycle rider was killed Sunday night in a head-on collision with a car that was passing another vehicle, authorities said. Around 5:40 p.m, Steven B. Lazzell was riding his motorcycle east on Johnson Avenue near Kalogridis Road when a car driven by Steven J. Maffia was traveling west in the eastbound lane while passing another vehicle. The motorcycle and car hit head on, throwing Lazzell from his motorcycle and sending the car into a ditch. Lazzell was not wearing a helmet.
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Saturday, October 11, 2014Area:
Boston, MAOfficials with the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department and the Stoddard Fire Department said Degraw died after an ATV accident Saturday. Authorities said the victim had been with five other people but was separated from the rest. They said the group found him unconscious and breathing. The victim died 45 minutes after crews arrived at the scene. They said he was not wearing a helmet.
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Friday, October 10, 2014John Corbin, a DeLand motorcyclist died Monday after he was injured in a crash with a vehicle at the intersection of Kepler Road and Mimosa Lane at 7 p.m. Friday. Corbin’s Harley was hit by a Honda Civic driven by Richard Shea, 27, also of DeLand. Corbin, who was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, was transported to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach where he was pronounced deceased on Monday. The crash continues to be investigated and charges are pending.
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Thursday, October 9, 2014Michael Anthony Reese was bicycling on NC 168 when he was hit by a car. Reese was wearing dark clothing, had no reflectors or lights, and no helmet. He was pronounced dead at the scene. No alcohol or drugs were involved in the crash.
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Sunday, October 5, 2014Area:
Jacksonville, FL52-year-old Ernest Miller has died from injuries after a crash that happened Sunday around 1 a.m. at North Edgewood Avenue and Ina Street. Another motorcyclist, riding with two other motorcycles, was traveling northbound in the left lane and hit Miller, who was in the roadway. The second motorcycle went down, but after it stopped, the driver fled without checking on Miller, who was transported to UF medical center in critical condition, where he died. Miller was wearing a novelty helmet, which was not DOT compliant.