[Ducati] Just witnessed an accident

[Ronald Betts]

Common Sense goes a long way........



Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SP
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>From: "Erik Bruno Marchini" <ilmostro99 at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>To: "'Ducati Owners Group'" <ducati at ducati.net>
>Subject: [Ducati] Just witnessed an accident
>Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:51:58 -0700
>
>Just writing to tell everybody to be careful.  On my way home tonight, I
>witnessed one ugly motorcycle vs. car accident.  Yes, it was the same old
>story, a teen-aged girl made a left turn into an on-coming motorcycle
>(looked like an older FZR 600).  Legally, it was her fault, but it wasn't
>quite as negligent on her part as a lot of them.  He was VERY difficult to
>see.  His headlight was VERY dim and he was accelerating WFO.  I don't 
>think
>he even hit the brakes when he crashed into her front quarter panel.
>Obviously, I have no idea how fast he was actually going, but I'd guess at
>over 60 mph and still accelerating along a main street that feeds into
>residential neighborhoods. He'll probably live (thank God), but we know he
>broke one leg just above the ankle, something stabbed into his foot on the
>same leg, and compound fractures in two places in the other leg.  
>Paramedics
>said that he did not have a pulse in the lower part of same leg, so he may
>end up loosing that leg.  I have no idea about any neck/back or internal
>injuries.  All in all, he is lucky he is alive.  Unfortunately, we have no
>control over the dumb things people do around us, but had he been using a
>bit of common sense, this wouldn't have turned out half as bad.
>
>BE CAREFUL,
>Erik Marchini
>'00 996S
>
>
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