[Tbud]

Wake Forest, N.C. - A Youngsville man was killed Sunday in a motorcycle accident in Wake Forest, police said Monday.
Lawrence Joseph Barrett, 50, was westbound on Elm Avenue on a 2008 Harley Davidson at about 4:50 p.m. when he collided with a 2005 Ford Freestyle that was northbound on South White Street, police said.
The driver of the Ford, Tiffany Privette Aldridge, 35, of Zebulon, told police that she never saw Barrett. Witnesses said that Barrett laid his motorcycle down as he approached the intersection just before the collision.
The wreck remains under investigation.

 

[Delmustator]

WTF??? That's like a 25-35 mph speed zone in that area. How the heck did she not see him. I think S. White Street has a stop sign too at E. Elm Ave.

 

[Delmustator]

Another local fatality..

On Thursday, a Harley-Davidson rider from Holly Springs was killed when he lost control of his bike on Reedy Creek Road just outside Raleigh, crossed the center line and spun off the road. Anthony Brannon, a lawyer and the father of four children, was 45.

Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/04/12/434158/man-killed-in-motorcycle-accident.html#ixzz0kvHO80xD

I'm starting to think Harley's are dangerous...
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[justbman]

Unfortunely this is the season... cars arnt used to seeing bikes and riders are rusty... sad

 

[jglass4763]

Very sad that people are killed when others are not paying attention!!!!!!

 

[topgun]

She was most likely on a cell phone