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Went for a ride yesterday up to the hospital to visit my SIL who had surgery last week. We rode past this accident on 288 with a sheet covering a body.  We were in the back up on the freeway and passed probably 20 minutes after it happened. What a somber scene. It turns out that a father and son were riding to a birthday party on a bright sunny day, stopped to call for directions (or look at a problem on one of the bikes), and the father was rearended by a drunk driver. This happened at 1:30 in the fricken afternoon!!! Please be extra safe out there when riding. They ARE out to kill us. http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8568277Chronicle says intoxication manslaughter. http://www.chron.com/communityblogs/atmosphere/article/Driver-faces-DUI-charge-in-Texas-288-fatal-3381281.phpHay  Jimmyt |
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« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2012, 08:14:31 AM » |
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That is so sad. My heart goes out to the family.
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« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2012, 08:40:09 AM » |
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Prayers for them. That hits close to home.
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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2012, 09:45:50 AM » |
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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2012, 10:40:52 AM » |
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No how hard it has been tried, seems the drunks just can't be kept off the highways. Prayers up for the Family.
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« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2012, 11:50:46 AM » |
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Damn I hate to hear about that...  When I was stuck in traffic I used to always say "For this wait, I better see a body!"... until one day I did... ...I don't say that anymore... |
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HayHauler
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« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2012, 02:08:27 PM » |
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I said a prayer that it WOULDN'T be a bike involved....while we were in the backup.
hay
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« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2012, 03:07:27 PM » |
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So sorry to hear about this killing of another person by a drunk. I hope he gets the maxium sentence and then some. I have no use for people who drive after drinking. About two weeks ago a biker was killed on the road I travel everday and again by a drunk. Several people I know call the house to check on me but luckly I was already at the house when this killing took place.
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« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2012, 04:43:53 PM » |
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What a horrible story. I've never understood why this type of accident seems so common. Is it target fixation?
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« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2012, 05:27:10 PM » |
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What a horrible story. I've never understood why this type of accident seems so common. Is it target fixation?
I must be. That road has a big shoulder. Sort of like the drunks slamming into police cars with the lights on at night. Hay |
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« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2012, 05:58:11 PM » |
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My neighbor saw it happen. He described it differently. His 4 or 5 year old son was with him and saw it as well.
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« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2012, 07:13:24 PM » |
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« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2012, 08:41:16 PM » |
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I don't really care exactly how it happened, but a father died on the side of the road, run over by a drunk, and HIS son saw it all.
Prayers for the victim's family.
Hay
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