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Five people were killed and four others were injured on Tuesday night after a pickup truck plowed into a group of bicyclists on a road about seven miles north of Kalamazoo, Mich., the authorities said.
The crash happened around 7 p.m. near Markin Glen Park on North Westnedge Avenue in Cooper Township, Mich.
The driver fled on foot but was later arrested a short distance away, Jeffrey S. Getting, the prosecuting attorney for Kalamazoo County, said at a news conference on Tuesday. He described the driver as being a 50-year-old man from western Michigan.
Saw that on the national news this morning. What a horrific awful thing.
Charges haven't been filed yet. They better be forthcoming - and big. If he had a heart attack behind the wheel and this was a terrible, tragic accident, I would understand and feel awful for him. But he fled the scene. How the hell could he do that? That alone shows he was in control. I would charge him with some semblance of murder or manslaughter.
Those poor people.
From a local source:
In the minutes before the bicyclists were hit, police were actively looking for the pickup as they had gotten three separate calls from concerned citizens that the driver was driving erratically, police said.
...As calls about the erratic driving of the truck came in to, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, the sheriff's department and the Kalamazoo Township Police Department, officers from each agency dispatched officers to try to find the truck. 5 dead, 4 badly hurt in Kalamazoo Co. as pickup plows into bicyclists
I haven't found reference yet to the driver's name. Some of the dead were children. Multiple People Dead, Including Children, After Motorist Plows into Kalamazoo Cyclists | FOX40
From a local source:
In the minutes before the bicyclists were hit, police were actively looking for the pickup as they had gotten three separate calls from concerned citizens that the driver was driving erratically, police said.
...As calls about the erratic driving of the truck came in to, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, the sheriff's department and the Kalamazoo Township Police Department, officers from each agency dispatched officers to try to find the truck. 5 dead, 4 badly hurt in Kalamazoo Co. as pickup plows into bicyclists
I haven't found reference yet to the driver's name. Some of the dead were children. Multiple People Dead, Including Children, After Motorist Plows into Kalamazoo Cyclists | FOX40
Saw that on the national news this morning. What a horrific awful thing.
Charges haven't been filed yet. They better be forthcoming - and big. If he had a heart attack behind the wheel and this was a terrible, tragic accident, I would understand and feel awful for him. But he fled the scene. How the hell could he do that? That alone shows he was in control. I would charge him with some semblance of murder or manslaughter.
Those poor people.
I hope the driver receives the appropriate punishment, but bicyclists should not be allowed on the road without a partitioned lane.
I hope the driver receives the appropriate punishment, but bicyclists should not be allowed on the road without a partitioned lane.
I hope the driver receives the appropriate punishment, but bicyclists should not be allowed on the road without a partitioned lane.
I'm truly surprised we don't have more bicyclists killed where I live. Lots and lots of bicyclists in the summer months and really crappy roads for them. 2 lane highways, 6 inch shoulders and cars and semis driving 70+mph... disaster waiting to happen.
I'm truly surprised we don't have more bicyclists killed where I live. Lots and lots of bicyclists in the summer months and really crappy roads for them. 2 lane highways, 6 inch shoulders and cars and semis driving 70+mph... disaster waiting to happen.
Looks like a beautiful, and dangerous, place for a bike ride.
Cyclists can so obnoxious and arrogant about it.
The roads weren't paved to accommodate bicycles. They hate it when you remind them of that.
Rules of the road state you have to pass safely. Drivers can be quite arrogant towards bikers and pass very close to them at a high rate of speed. What does it take to slow down to pass safely,a few seconds. Yep that would ruin my day.
When I was in Germany, rules were 1 meter distance when passing. Good rule of thumb.
22400. (a) No person shall drive upon a highway at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic unless the reduced speed is necessary for safe operation, because of a grade, or in compliance with law.
CA Codes (veh:22400-22413)
Most states have minimum speed laws in effect, as well. If a bicycle can't maintain the minimum speed, they're in violation.
This is California's minimum speed law...
So, no, bicycles don't have unlimited I see of public roads, nor should they.
Looks like a beautiful, and dangerous, place for a bike ride.
I'm truly surprised we don't have more bicyclists killed where I live. Lots and lots of bicyclists in the summer months and really crappy roads for them. 2 lane highways, 6 inch shoulders and cars and semis driving 70+mph... disaster waiting to happen.
That is in reference to vehicles, yes?
Now major highways do have bicycle bans, on that I agree. But these are well marked as prohibiting bicycles.
No, bicycles are traffic, they belong on the road. It would be nice to have proper bike lanes, but not all places have them and when they don't, bikes need to be in lane on the road.
Just don't run them over, it's not that tough.
Looks like 5 cases of intoxication manslaughter to me. This guy deserves to spend a lot of time behind bars.
I hope the driver receives the appropriate punishment, but bicyclists should not be allowed on the road without a partitioned lane.
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