Motorcycle Accident Summary a Painful Tale of Death and Destruction

Staten Island, NYAny summary of motorcycle accidents will invariably include numerous collisions with cars. Such a motorcycle accident can cause not only motorcycle injury, but in many cases certain death—as has been the case with several accidents. A summary:

A motorcycle rider in Connecticut was killed in the early evening of August 30th after striking an oncoming vehicle. The accident, reported in the The Day of New London, did not specify whether the car, or the motorcycle rider was at fault. The 37-year-old unidentified motorcyclist was thrown from his bike following the collision.

That's what happened to a 24-year-old motorcyclist who was riding with a fellow group of enthusiasts earlier this week in New York State. The rider was travelling west on Castleton Avenue when the driver of a car travelling in the opposite direction made a left turn onto Bard Avenue, striking the motorcycle.

The impact sent the driver sailing 20 feet through the air. He is currently in hospital with severe head trauma, fighting for his life.

One angered rider was quoted as saying "you can't say (the driver) didn't see a bunch of loud motorcycles," a man told the Staten Island Advance at the scene. "(The driver) tried to beat him to the light…"

The newspaper reported that there had been several fatalities on Staten Island roads since the beginning of summer. In July a man was killed after his motorcycle was struck by a car driven by an unlicensed, elderly driver attempting to turn into a driveway. On June 22nd a 25-year-old rider was killed after colliding with a car making a left turn.

Elsewhere the former Police Chief of El Paso was reported to be in critical condition August 26th after the motorcycle he was riding was struck by a larger vehicle near the town of Mesilla, New Mexico.

And the family of 24-year-old Ryan Hicks is attempting to raise money after the man had his left leg amputated at the hip following a motorcycle accident. The motorcycle on which he was riding was struck by an SUV June 24th. As of August 26th the Detroit News was reporting that Hicks was still in hospital two months after the collision. According to the report his limited health insurance provided through his employer had run out and insurance—what there was—contained no provision for artificial limbs. His family says the bills are piling up.

So, too are the collisions involving motorcycles with vehicles. In too many cases, it is the larger vehicle striking, or cutting off the smaller—with disastrous results.