One Less Clunker
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trickmilla at 08.25.09 - 9:12 pm
I just saw this on the Rachel Maddow show but here is the image and text version from Treehugger:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/08/turn-car-into-clunker-kill-cyclist.php
Charles Waldrop was riding in a Phoenix bike lane with lights and reflectors, but that didn't save him from being hit and killed by Timothy M. Kissida, driving a '92 BMW, which promptly turned into a clunker with extensive damage to the right side. So the enterprising young man promptly turned it in to the "cash for clunkers" program, saying that he hit a javalina, a type of peccary.
The Phoenix New Times notes that
the dealer connected the dots, and called police, who determined that if the javelina Kissida mentioned was actually a person named Charles Waldrop, he might have been telling the truth.
Kissida was then booked into the Maricopa County Jail, and charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident and tampering with evidence.
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Unfortunately Phoenix is one of the most dangerous cities to ride you bike in, just last night a cyclist was sent to the hospital with fairly extensive injuries after being struck by a drunk driver who fled the scene of the accident. When the driver was stopped on a freeway a few miles away he was asked to perform a sobriety test to which he replied, "I'm too drunk."
Its a shame that such pristine and great cycling territory is also so dangerous.
fixional08.25.09 - 9:34 pm
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Ridazz Roulette!
