The Moto-Angel Foundation

Laurell A., Chris’ wife, has a yard full of logs that were just recently deposited there by the tree service which need to be cut and split because this is what they use to heat their home during the winter months.

Because she is a Foster Parent, neither her, nor her children are allowed to operate any machinery and the City is giving her a hard time to get the logs in her yard taken care of. They have 2 log splitters, one large and one small, but the large one is broken.

We are calling for Volunteers who would like to help and have chainsaws and/or log splitters to help in the processing of these logs into firewood for the family.

If you are interested in volunteering your time and services, please email me at: tim@moto-angels.org for more information.

Thank you.

Man dies in motorcycle accident

A Hazel Crest man died Friday night after a motorcycle accident in Chicago Heights.

The incident occurred about 5:30 p.m. in the 700 block of South Halsted Street, Chicago Heights police said.

Willis Wood, 34, 1218 W. 173rd St., Hazel Crest, was pronounced dead at 7:50 p.m. at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Wood died from multiple injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident, according to a Saturday autopsy. His death was ruled an accident.

March 2, 2009

TOWN OF ALTO, WI — A 75-year-old Alto area woman injured in a fatal motorcycle accident last week is a patient at University Hospital and Clinics in Madison.

Jeanette Decker suffered a broken leg, back and pelvis and is on a ventilator to help her breathe, said Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Rick Olig.

Decker was a passenger in a mini-van driven by her husband, 76-year-old Elmer Decker. Elmer Decker was treated and released from Waupun Memorial Hospital.

Elmer Decker turned left from Marshview Road to westbound on Lake Maria Road in the town of Alto about 4 p.m. Feb. 25 when an eastbound motorcycle collided head-on with the van, Olig said.

The driver of the motorcycle, Eric W. Brown, 26, of N3510 Radio Road, died instantly, according to the report. He was wearing a helmet.

While the investigation into the accident isn’t expected to be completed until later this week, Olig said preliminary reports indicate Brown was traveling at least 130 to 150 mph on his Honda 600 cc RR (race ready) street cycle. Olig said officers are able to confirm those speeds due to the extensive damage to the vehicles.

“The motorcycle struck the van head-on, dead center,” Olig said, “and it basically disintegrated.

“This is probably one of the worst crashes I’ve ever seen, and I’ve been here 28 years,” Olig continued.

The Deckers’ van was in the correct lane, he said. Officers believe Brown swerved into that lane from his eastbound lane to avoid hitting the mini-van as it turned onto Lake Maria, but due to his speed, he miscalculated where the van would be.

Four people called the Sheriff’s Department following the accident to report that they had seen a motorcycle in the area just before the crash traveling in excess of 100 mph, Olig said.

“If this were summer, it could be another motorcycle,” he said, “but since it is February, the chances of another cycle out there aren’t very good.”

If Brown had stayed in his lane, he would not have hit the van, Olig said.

February 25 2009 16:28:20

A man riding a motorcycle was rushed to Red Bud Regional Hospital Wednesday afternoon, after colliding with a work van on Route 3 near the entrance to the Waterloo Schnucks around 3:45 p.m.

He was later pronounced dead at the hospital, according to police.

Randolph County Coroner Randy Dudenbostel identified the crash victim as Terry D. Morgan, 55, of Waterloo. He said Morgan died of internal injuries suffered in the collision with a 2005 Ford van driven by Ricky T. Wilson of Waterloo.

Morgan was pronounced dead at 4:42 p.m., the coroner said Thursday.

Monroe County EMS and Waterloo police responded to the accident scene.

http://www.republictimes.net/news.php

By KHON News

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, YUMA, Ariz. — A Yuma Marine walked away from a potentially deadly motorcycle accident with only minor injuries Feb. 3, thanks to training and protective gear.

Lance Cpl. Charles M. Gardner was traveling east on 32nd Street in Yuma when a car swerved into his lane forcing him to lay down his Yamaha FZ6 sport bike to avoid a collision. “It was really the only thing to do,” Gardner said.

Gardner, air traffic control equipment maintainer, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, MCAS Yuma, was wearing a full face helmet, a padded motorcycle riding jacket, gloves, hiking boots and cargo pants at the time of the accident.

Gardner’s right shoulder took the brunt of the impact with the pavement, but with the thick shoulder pad of the riding jacket, it wasn’t even bruised. The palm of one of his gloves was shredded and left a hole, but Gardner’s skin was not affected. Gardner’s primary injuries were abrasions and bruising on his legs after his cargo pants tore.

Immediately after the accident, he was transported to Yuma Regional Medical Center where he was examined and later released. “Gardner was doing everything right. He couldn’t have done anything better,” said Staff Sgt. Lee Kasem, air traffic controller maintenance shop chief and fellow motorcycle rider.

A virtually inexperienced rider, Gardner bought the 600 cubic centimeter motorcycle — his first — in April 2008. In May, he attended the basic rider’s course on base, and he took the sport-bike riders course in November. That training helped save his life and was “worth several months of riding experience,” Gardner said.

Gardner and Kasem are among several other Marines and civilians at air traffic control who own or ride motorcycles or all terrain vehicles. Having riders throughout

the ranks allows them to share personal riding experiences, lessons learned and maintenance tips with each other, increasing their knowledge and ability, said Kasem. Despite the accident, Gardner plans to keep riding after his bike is repaired. His advice to other riders: invest in a riding jacket and do not skimp on protective gear just to meet the minimum requirements, like wearing a thin long-sleeved shirt. “Wear your gear,” he said.

Additionally, bike riders should be aware of other drivers on the road, some of whom are not as aware of motorcycles as they are of larger vehicles, he said. Motorcycle-related deaths are on the decline Corpswide, after a record year in motorcycle-related deaths in 2008 when 25 Marines died in wrecks, according to the Naval Safety Center.

According to the NSC, four Marines have died in motorcycle accidents since Oct. 1. In approximately the same time frame, seven Marines died on motorcycles from Oct. 1, 2007, through Feb. 15, 2008.

In late April, the spike prompted the Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James T. Conway to order his commanders to find and report all the motorcycle riders in their ranks and verify the license, registration and training of each. By May 1, 10 Marines had already died in motorcycle accidents.

On Sept. 15, the results of a Corpswide motorcycle census found that approximately 13 percent of Marines owned motorcycles or similar vehicles.

09:10 AM CST on Friday, February 20, 2009
From Staff Reports

A motorcyclist was killed in an accident on Lovers Lane in northeast Dallas Thursday night, police said.

The Dallas County medical examiner’s office today identified the 24-year-old man as Kristian Escobar of Rockwall.

Witnesses told police a motorcyclist was speeding when he skidded through a red light at the intersection of Matilda Street about 9:30 p.m.

A car clipped the back wheel of the motorcycle and the man was thrown. He was pronounced dead at the scene. He was wearing a helmet, Dallas police said.

The other vehicle stopped after the accident.

Staff writers Benjamin Gooding and Scott Goldstein contributed to this report.

KFDX – Wichita Falls,TX,USA
Friday, Feb 20, 2009 @06:23pm CST

Police say 20-year-old Stefan Lee Macias was traveling Southbound in the 4600 block of Barnett Road around 5:15 this morning when he lost control after striking a curb, and then struck a pole.

They say Macias was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say there was a helmet at the scene but they’re not sure if he was wearing it.

This is the city’s third traffic fatality this year and the first involving a motorcycle.

Published: Saturday, February 21, 2009 3:03 AM CST

TWENTYNINE PALMS — A U.S. Navy veteran, Patrick Reed, died in a motorcycle accident Wednesday on Twentynine Palms Highway at Indian Cove Road here.

According to the San Bernardino County coroner, Reed, a 29-year-old resident of Twentynine Palms, was driving his motorcycle about 5:52 p.m. eastbound on Twentynine Palms Highway when a vehicle driven by Jason Robert Reyna, also of Twentynine Palms, turned in front of him from Indian Cove Road.

Reed struck the vehicle at approximately 65 miles per hour and was ejected from his motorcycle, according Deputy Raymond Camacho’s report from the sheriff’s station.

Reed was pronounced dead at the scene.

The sheriff’s department is investigating the collision.

Reed was a member of a community of fans of animal animation who worked and volunteered at conventions. Web sites and blogs from the community mourned him after receiving news of his death.

Friends created an online journal in his memory which states he served in the war in Iraq with the United States Navy and was trained as an emergency medical technician.

The entries indicate Reed, who was from Wisconsin, was no longer in the Navy but remained working on the Twentynine Palms Marine base and had been a contractor in Iraq.

Further information or confirmation was not available.

The journal, dubbed “Memories of Furp” in a reference to his nickname in the community, states Reed was known for his compassion and “always eager to help someone in distress.”

The writer called Reed an “extradordinary young man, known to many as a shining example of all that is good in the human spirit.”

The journal’s author encouraged readers to register as organ donors in memory of Reed, writing, that he “inspired those around him to be better people, to reach out to those who needed it, regardless of personal sacrifice.”

Others wrote, “He was a good, kind and selfless man with a heart of gold.”

Another called Reed “a perfect distillation of all that is good in a human being.”

by The Times-Picayune
Saturday February 21, 2009, 3:36 PM

A Slidell man who died early Saturday morning after his motorcycle crossed into oncoming traffic on the Highway 11 bridge and struck a pickup truck, according to the New Orleans Police Department.

Andrew Krantz, 37, was headed north around 5:30 a.m., Saturday, on a black 1981 Harley-Davidson motorcycle when he crossed into a southbound lane and crashed into a 2006 Ford F-150 pickup truck, according to an NOPD news release.

Though he was wearing a helmet, Krantz suffered fatal head injuries, coroner’s investigator John Gagliano said. Why the victim swerved out of his lane was not immediately known, police said.

Fatality Investigator Richard Blackman is in charge of the investigation.