Local rider died last night
 

One of the people I have ridden with in the past died in an accident last night. She was parked on the side of the road at a corner talking on her phone, and a school bus making a right hand turn knocked her over, pinned her under the bike and stopped on top of the bike with its rear wheels. She was on the phone with her kids at the time, and the bus was also full. The driver has been caharged with vehicluar manslaughter.

Not a good situation.

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Damn. Doing everything right. RIP :(

Thats completely freak?!

RIP, Condolences to the family.

wow sorry to hear, my father's good friend lost his 31 year old last week after he was run over on his motorcycle. I still don't have all the details of the accident. Be careful out there folks!

Oh no, how horrible! RIP

WOW!!!!

Thoughts and prayers to her & her family.

Damn. RIP

Wow, Fred, that's horrible.

I'm so sorry. Very unfortunate incident. :(

That's a freak accident.. hope her family is doing ok..

Ugh, hate to hear stories like this. Completely freak accident and we always have to watch out for other people not paying attention.

OMG! i hope her kids didn't hear it take place on the phone. how awful! :(

Damn... That's Horrible! RIP. Constant vigilance....

I thought the same thing...:(

Worse still if they had called her, causing her to pull over to talk...and all because of one moment's inattention by another.

So sad.

My understanding was that the older son did hear it and was able to call for an ambulance I met the guy once, he is in his early 20's, so its not a child that will grow up thinking he killed mom.

I don't know the whole story yet either, I expect details to come out as the week rolls on.

The thing that really stands out in my mind is that the bus driver was charged. If it was a simple accident then there shouldn't be any charges, but if the guy was drinking or actually negligent in some way then yes.

maybe the driver was on the phone or something like that, guess we will have ot wait and see. I needed to pull over on the bike the other day and was making an extra effort to find a spot away from the traffic just to avoid this sort of thing. :(

Im sry to hear that. That really is a sad thing.
But that is the reason i use Bluetooth i never have to stop riding.

I'm thinking that if you are a bus driver, and you run over and stop on top of a motorcycle, and don't really notice... yeah, there is a problem there and charges need to be filed.

RIP rider and soldier.

well, i guess it's somewhat of a relief that her children aren't small. but still, what a tragic loss.

How the hell does that happen?????????
RIP

Geez just read this...how sad and what a freaky thing to happen.

Tough for the riders friends and family as well as the bus driver and all of the kids on the bus too. :no:

From what I understand the driver's reaction was to stop after realizing what happened. With a bus it's probably hard to tell when you've already ran over someone or are still in the process of doing so.. or maybe they wanted to try to prevent anymore damage.. could be anything along those lines.

Oh my God. :( My thoughts and prayers go out to her family, and to you as well, Fred. RIP...

OMG, that's horrible :( :( :( :(

How horrible!! :( RIP I hope they figure out exactly what happened. Charges for the driver that killed her are a good thing... well, usually drivers that hit/kill motorcyclists aren't charged. :wink:


Right, because riding and talking on the phone are just that much better?

I don't actually have an answer for this, only a question:

Who do you trust more? Yourself, with the added distraction of the phone, or the unknown person that just may or may not see you, and perhaps run you over with a bus, had you instead pulled over?

:shrug:

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My condolences and best thoughts go to the family

That's one fucked up incident. If I were her son, I'd probably contemplate murder.

A few years back, one of the guys that I know had pulled off onto a shoulder to adjust his tank bag and a vehicle somehow sideswiped him and killed him. The bastard didn't even stop. However, karma was a mutha. The Cali CHP somehow tracked down and nailed that SUV.

Holy hell :( :( May she rest in peace.

Something's seriously wrong with that bus driver... at least from what has been presented here.