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Riding like an idiot, this is what happens. Be careful please.

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#1 ·
So Monday my son came home and told me he just finished witnessing a fatal motorcycle accident just a few miles from where we live.

He said a guy on a motorcylce was fully tucked zooming down the road (this road has a 50mph speed limit and has stop lights) cutting through traffic when he Tbones a car while going at least 100mph.

My son said all he saw was a huge puff of white smoke, the rider flip over the front of the bike and car.

He claimed he could see blood rapidly coming from the rider when someone in traffic ran out and covered up his body.

The rider died on impact and severely hurt some other people.

There had been reports previously over the weekend of this bike riding dangerously around our area.

Well the individual who ran out and covered up the body of the motorcyclist happened to write a blog/article and it was published.
Here is his account of the incident:
Witness to devastating motorcycle wreck shares his story with local riders - Dallas Motorcycles | Examiner.com
On Monday afternoon in Keller, a devastating motorcycle wreck claimed the life of one person and severely injured two others in a car. Cody Wilkerson witnessed the entire wreck and has decided to share his story with the Dallas – Fort Worth motorcycle riding community.

Motorcyclist Joseph Crucie, 21, was riding on Monday at speeds that appear to have exceeded 100 mph on U.S. 377; the crash was reported at 2:42 p.m. near Kroger Drive. The rider was traveling northbound when he began weaving in and out of traffic at a high rate of speed. The point of impact occurred when a Lexus carrying four people turned from the southbound lane into a shopping center. The rider hit the passenger side of the car and both the bike and rider were tossed onto and over the car according to Capt. Brenda Slovak, a Keller Police Department spokeswoman.

The Tarrant County medical examiner’s office has listed the cause of death for Crucie as:


Massive blunt force trauma of torso and extremities due to: Motorcycle-Motor Vehicle Collision (Motorcycle Operator).

One element that makes this particular story different from others is that Cody Wilkerson was a witness to the entire situation and he has stepped forward to share what he saw. Wilkerson and Crucie did not know one another but Wilkerson, as an avid Corvette enthusiast and former sport bike rider, lends a unique level of credibility and he wrote to share his thoughts here:


Some of you may have known Joe Cruice. I did not. However, we met yesterday afternoon in one of the more tragic moments of my life. Just after turning onto Denton Highway, I noticed a little Suzuki GSXR about to leave the light going north. As I went to merge into the middle lane I noticed him screaming through the gears as he passed my Corvette at about 100 mph in a 50 mph zone. I thought to myself “Lord watch over that guy….and please make him slow down”. A small Honda pulled onto 377, he lifted off the throttle, threw the bike over into the right lane, and then leaned back into the gas. I could hear the Yoshi pipe screaming down the road as I figured he was getting up to somewhere around 120-130. Then I watched as a completely innocent family in a sedan made a left turn across the HWY. That’s when Joe hit them.

Within 10 seconds of passing me that poor boy was gone. I down shifted, accelerated toward the scene, observed what was left of Joe, grabbed a beach towel out of the back of the car, covered his young body, and then ran toward the sedan he struck to support the injured people in the car.

The back passengers were physically ok. The front passenger, an older woman, was pinned under the roof of the car that had been crushed by the motorcycle. She appeared to be banged up, scared, but mostly stable. The driver however was in much worse condition. He was bleeding from his head and neck and was very incoherent. An officer arrived just a second or two after I did. He and I worked to stabilize the driver the best we could. From there, multiple support staff arrived and handled the situation as best they could; using the jaws of life to get the passengers out of the vehicle.

Joe’s motorcycle was annihilated upon impact. The main body of the bike flew about 200 feet past the car while the front tire soared a good 1000 feet or so past the vehicle.

I joined this Ride DFW 2015 page today only to share my experiences with the one audience whom it impacts the most: you guys. I got off street bikes a long time ago mainly due to the risk of other drivers in the Metroplex but, occasionally, I ride a friend’s now and again. I’m not against you guys…whatsoever. I am against foolish behavior that greatly endangers others though. I understand the thrill of speed and a precision machine that excites the soul.

Most importantly though I have respect for my life and the lives of others around me….and I strongly encourage you guys to do the same. Unfortunately Joe did not. And though he may have been a nice and good all-around guy (I have no idea), his lack of respect for his life, and the lives of others around him, cut his time on earth terribly short. These machines are dangerous, we all know that, but it is the combination of our individual judgment, experience, skill, luck, and attention to our surroundings that determines whether we come home from our ride or not. Rest assured, if you ride on the edge day in and day out, and continue to thread the needle every time the machine leaves the drive, you are burning the candle at both end my friends and the borrowed time that you are running on will shortly expire…..just as Joe’s did. I’m terribly sorry for his loss….a bit angry at him, but mostly sorry. I ask that you guys pray for his family, the innocent family he put into the hospital, and that you show some respect for others as well as yourselves while you’re out enjoying your machines. Take care and be careful.
Please don't ride recklessly as its not worth dying over or killing someone else in the process.

Having this happen so close to my home has impacted me more than I thought it would.

That kid could have Tboned the car my son was in an hurt or killed him.
 
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#6 ·
JP, I like you more and more every day I read this forum.
My problem with accidents like this is that they tend to invalidate the argument that motorcycle accidents generally only injure the motorcyclist.
And... much as I hate to say it, even that fucktard was somebody's son.
 
#3 ·
Its sad really because in our local newspaper one of his fuck tard riding buddies is defending his actions and blaming the driver of the car for the entire incident.

Here is the link to the article where you can see his comments (look for Jason Matthew Behl). Since there had been multiple previous reports of bikes riding recklessly in our area that weekend and this dipshit said he was riding with the guy just the day before he died I would not doubt if they were together riding around my home area like ass twats.
High-speed motorcycle crash in Keller kills one | The Star-Telegram

Jasons facebook page https://www.facebook.com/jbehl69
 
#4 ·
crazy stuff but it happens. thats y we keep high speeds at the track tho. i feel bad for everyone but esp the pple in the car. if that was my family, id be pissed. another guy to give ss bikes a bad name
 
#8 ·
Anywhere there are traffic lights and intersections is a very bad place to go fast. Weaving in and out of traffic at a high rate of speed is a very bad idea. Every decision this young man made was a bad decision.
RIP rider and condolences to family and friends.
 
#10 ·
At some point we all have committed similar imprudent actions... and we have had that feeling blaming ourselves for been such and idiot... it simple doesn't worth it, life is too short to risk on making it shorter.

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#12 ·
LOL I can't lie. I'd be tempted if I saw that. Not sure I'd go through with it though. The thought would cross all of our minds. Keep it in the back of my mind for an escape route.
 
#15 ·
It is the very fact that cage drivers make illegal turns, talk and text on their iPenises that make me ride very defensively on the street. I assume they're all out to kill me. Riding like Rossi on the street will eventually get you killed.


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#14 ·
I like how his squid buddies tell someone to"read the penal code" while they are defending his breaking the law. We all hate to see a life lost but honestly if he shared the same mentality as his friends he never stood a chance to begin with.

Whether it was inevitable or not it is still a loss.
 
#22 ·
Happens every week here in South Florida. Usually on Thursday night when 100+ sport bike parkers (they prefer to ride a short distance and park all night at Hooters) transcend on a local wing joint. They hang out for a few hours, showing off their latest lowering links and LED headlights. When things end there are many that jump back on the highway, protected by their helmets, jeans and Icon chest protectors covering the torso of their T- shirts, at great speed to outrace their friends home.
Some nights the cops are out in force and stops some of them. We'll see the posts the next day on FB asking for the best lawyer to get them out of the 138 in a 65 ticket and the others such as no motorcycle endorsement. suspended license, illegal tags etc. But about once every week or two the story is different. Instead of the tickets, they are asking why the family in the mid size SUV was not arrested for changing lanes and causing (insert name of 21 yr old kid here) to slam into the back of their vehicle at 125+mph, killing him.
"Did the not look in their mirror to see us getting closer? "They must hate sport bikes and did it on purpose.".

If the deceased is popular in the crowd, the next week a group of the riders will honor him by riding slowly on the highway until reaching the point of impact, they will pull over and take turns bouncing their bikes off the rev limiters before repeating the cycle a few days later.
 
#24 ·
There was an accident (fortunately, non-fatal) of similar nature to this last night near me... Luckily, a nurse friend of mine saw the whole thing and was able to stop and stabilize the victim until EMS arrived.

She recanted that the young guy came barreling up the highway (295 in South Jersey) splitting and weaving lanes and could be heardcoming from a distance. She said he took one of our notoriously sharp exits too fast, got some death wobbles and ate it. She said he had a very severe compound fracture (a.k.a. bone exiting skin) of his leg, among other road rash from wearing shorts and a tank-top........

Just a reminder for everyone to ride safe.
 
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