Another bad accident in Az

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A relative who works as a dispatcher just told me a couple riding ducati's was hit at a 4 way stop when a car failed to stop in AZ, Phoenix area. Wife was killed they think instantly, lost her leg etc, not sure if the guy was hurt. Don't know if anybody knows more but be safe out there.

Thoughts are with them, can't help but put myself in their place in my head and its pretty awful.

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Husband was back home on a few wks leave from Afghanistan and this was last night before going back. Driver was drunk to the point he shouldn't have been functioning let alone driving, didn't even slow down. 4 year old daughter.

WTF

[fastwin]

Holy shit! Bastard drunk drivers! Idiot was probably trying to text while he was at it!! That's an awful story.

[muskrat]

this guy should get life in prison if not the ultimate price.  needless accident and avoidable at that.

[Howie]

On leave from Afghanistan and he has to deal with this?   

[mitt]

I am officially marking AZ off my list of states I want to ride in.  They seem to really slaughter riders out there.

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[Dietrich]

That's really awful! And extremely angering.  Trying to think who it could be and if I might know who they are.

[Goat_Herder]

 WTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE.  IF YOU WANT TO make the beast with two backsING DRINK, DON'T make the beast with two backsING DRIVE!!!  This type of accident is just heart breaking.   

[Slow Guy]

i am so painfully make the beast with two backsing sick of hearing this kind of story.  A car in most people hands is a deadly weapon to begin with and sadly too many people decide that drinking before they drive is a good idea.  make the beast with two backsing bastards. 

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[Raux]

can someone point me ot the news story on this

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Not sure if there is one, happened last night. My relative is pretty upset and she just was in dispatch.

[Raux]

the only news story out of AZ about moto crash was a 62 year old ride who ran into the back of a truck and died.
there was another about a drunk driver that hit a car and killed the R&B singer... oh on a side not, literaly like the last paragraph a moped rider ran into the accident and died at the scene. pissed me off it was an afterthought to the story.

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I'll see if I can get more info. Scary to look up motorcycle accident on google news limited to 24hrs.... lots of drunks in cages wiping people out. makes me think bad thoughts...

[twistdchick]

wow - sad story - bad story.
I was in a cage with my "eeew" step father driving... definitely not drunk....   He ran 3 stop signs with me as a front passenger and my mother in the back!!!!  I am SO AFRAID for EVERYONE on the road when he is driving!!!  Thinking about him not seeing stop signs, makes him not seeing bikes a given!! It's MADDENING!!!   He's just a plain-old super crappy-ass driver, and he's not even that old!!!  Oh yeah, and he actually is a volunteer ambulance person, AND driver - WTF?!?!?!?
What can ya do???   Also, he drives a Prius (big surprise!) and he actually LEFT IT RUNNING BY MISTAKE as we picked apples for an hour in Warwick NY.  Is there a cure for stupidity?   Maybe someone from the NRA can straighten him out.
So I KNOW there are bad drivers EVERYWHERE, not just AZ, and I hope everyone can try to anticipate sheer driver stupidity and stay out of harms way.

[fastwin]

It's just sad that you have to ride like no one sees you, no one cares if you're there or not, no one cares if they run you down or not, that everyone will turn left in front of you or run that stop sign/red light and that everyone is really out to kill you. Kinda takes some of the fun out of riding, doesn't it? Doesn't make me want to stop riding. I just hate the make the beast with two backsers out there that have honestly driven me to that state of mind because they constantly prove everything I just said is true!