Category Archives: crashes

NBC REPORTS: Jay Leno is reportedly recovering from a motorcycle accident last week that left him with several broken bones just months after he sustained serious burns in a fire that broke out in his Los Angeles garage.  Speaking to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the comedian and talk show host revealed that he was knocked off his motorcycle Jan.Continue reading “Jay Leno reportedly suffers broken bones in motorcycle accident months after garage fire”

LOCAL NEWS REPORTS: A van and motor cycle collided Monday in Walker County, Georgia.The Georgia State Patrol is now investigating the cause behind the wreck. The report goes on to say the van was turning. I’m not accident scene expert but it’s clear to me from this photo, it’s another case of a car makingContinue reading “Georgia biker hit by left-turning driver”

KETV REPORTS: There’s another effort to make motorcycle helmets optional for riders 21 and older, in Nebraska. State Sen. Ben Hansen is proposing LB 91, which would make helmets optional for people ages 21 and over, as long as they take a safety class. The senator tells KETV: “I feel and it’s my philosophy thatContinue reading “Nebraska bill seeks to overturn motorcycle helmet law”

A 19-year-old Illinois biker is dead after he was hit by 3 cars riding his motorcycle. It happened in Joliet Illinois Monday according to the local coroner. The police report is tough to decipher. But it appears Aidan Wilda was driving when a car pull out in front of him. He hit that vehicle andContinue reading “19-year-old Illinois biker hit by 3 cars dies”

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — A 60-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a three-vehicle wreck in Escambia County Tuesday afternoon. It happened around 2:30 p.m. at County Road 95A and Cedartown Road in Molino. WEAR TV reports a car was trying to make a left turn and the biker from West Virginia tried to pass it, causingContinue reading “Biker killed in NW Florida trying to pass a car”

State troopers say an Alabama woman survived a motorcycle crash with a car, only to be run over and killed moments later by an SUV. WDHN spoke with Gracie Rivera’s childhood friend. You can see their interview in the video player above. Bridgett Markoff wiped away tears as she recalls a horrific Monday evening whenContinue reading “Alabama woman run over by SUV after falling off motorcycle”

A man from the town of Southside in Alabama is charged with manslaughter in the death of a biker. Drigelio Sarmiento of Rainbow City was killed in the crash. Witnesses told police he was stopped on his motorcycle waiting to make a turn when a Ford Focus slammed into him. A grand jury indicted PatrickContinue reading “Man charged with killing Alabama biker”

HUDSON, NH — A firefighter was killed in a motorcycle crash Monday night in Hudson. The victim was identified as firefighter and paramedic Todd J. “Woody” Berube, 48, a member of the Hudson Fire Department since 2002, officials said. Berube, who began his career as a call firefighter in Milford, was promoted to lieutenant inContinue reading “New Hampshire firefighter killed in motorcycle crash”

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has awarded a man $1.7 million in damages after a car collided with his motorcycle  Kevin Gray, now 51, was injured Sept. 22, 2018, when Alexandra Lanz turned her vehicle into the path of Gray’s motorcycle, striking him with the front passenger side. Gray was propelled over the handlebars, onto the hood,Continue reading “Biker awarded nearly $2 million after crash”