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Ms. Toad

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78. A high school acquaintance of mine was severely injured at Sturgis this year.

Sun Sep 11, 2022, 01:55 PM

Sep 2022

When I searched the internet for information about the accident, I was shocked to learn there is a Sturgis crime and accident really is kept every year for much of it's history.

The acquaintance of mine will apparently never walk again, is still on a ventilator, still in South Dakota (more than a month later) but may be stable enough to move to his home state tomorrow.

And thousands of them will be back again next year . . .

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I just witnessed a fatal accident.... [View all] PCIntern Sep 2022 OP

Umm.... People falling out of buildings? Nevilledog Sep 2022 #1

Graduate student at 36th and Chestnut in 1978 at Penn, PCIntern Sep 2022 #3

had to be. barbtries Sep 2022 #25

People jump and fall out of buildings. In the US. Fairly frequently. alphafemale Sep 2022 #28

I remember Rebl2 Sep 2022 #48

My father forbade us to drive/ride motorcycles. He was a trauma surgeon. SharonAnn Sep 2022 #30

Same here, but he really didn't have to... paleotn Sep 2022 #45

As your dad probably knew, ER personnel call this form of... 3catwoman3 Sep 2022 #56

Yes, and not just because of the danger aspect. ShazzieB Sep 2022 #72

My grandpa always called them "murdercycles". nt blugbox Sep 2022 #58

ICU Nurses in WRMC wear tee shirts that say WhiteTara Sep 2022 #69

Horrific. Makes you realize the fragility of life a bit more. I hope his Doodley Sep 2022 #2

I'm really sorry you went through that... how terrifying renate Sep 2022 #4

I have heard of that.... PCIntern Sep 2022 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author NoRethugFriends Sep 2022 #5

That was mentioned in the car.... PCIntern Sep 2022 #7

And.. thomski64 Sep 2022 #39

People in the medical profession have a term for such people. Mr.Bill Sep 2022 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author NoRethugFriends Sep 2022 #12

At my hospital they called them "Donor cycles" also ..nt mitch96 Sep 2022 #50

ty for the post such as it may be Tetrachloride Sep 2022 #8

Take care of yourself today viva la Sep 2022 #9

"That was fun," said the dying man. dalton99a Sep 2022 #10

Daredevils and thrillseekers take their lives into their own hands... brush Sep 2022 #11

And the lives of others. n/t Harker Sep 2022 #16

+1. that's what REALLY pi**es me off! stopdiggin Sep 2022 #73

K&R spanone Sep 2022 #13

As you said "next weekend they'll be out doing the exact same thing". But in order to honor erronis Sep 2022 #14

Fossil fuels, pesticides, capitalism...we are apes good at ID'ing very mmediate threats only. NullTuples Sep 2022 #26

I know it's just an expression: NJCher Sep 2022 #40

Using Google, you can find several articles... 3catwoman3 Sep 2022 #67

Hmmm NJCher Sep 2022 #75

This might be the same there, but in California motorcycles can pass on right in between BigDemVoter Sep 2022 #15

I don't know how people can make those crucial judgments at such high speeds. Sky Jewels Sep 2022 #18

I used to ride... as defensively as possible lambchopp59 Sep 2022 #21

I had a grad student classmate at UCLA mnhtnbb Sep 2022 #23

I wish that behavior would be tallied as part our losses during a war NullTuples Sep 2022 #27

It usually works best when... 2naSalit Sep 2022 #60

Most don't follow the rules for it though madville Sep 2022 #51

Wow that is almost reasonable IbogaProject Sep 2022 #53

As someone who is paid to ride a motorcycle..... Quanto Magnus Sep 2022 #76

Horrible/horrifying, BUT Sky Jewels Sep 2022 #17

Oh golly! elleng Sep 2022 #19

Be nice to yourself Marthe48 Sep 2022 #20

I'm so sorry you had to experience that, PCI. As others have said: take extra care of yourself Hekate Sep 2022 #22

i know i may be a minority, barbtries Sep 2022 #24

It sounds as if it was a single fatality. alphafemale Sep 2022 #29

A terrible event, sorry you witnessed that Meowmee Sep 2022 #31

It must be too soon, I can't find anything in the news about it. I'm wondering rainin Sep 2022 #32

Be safe mollie8 Sep 2022 #33

Did any of the other riders stop to assist? Or did they keep going? tenderfoot Sep 2022 #34

Seeing that sort of thing is always tough Warpy Sep 2022 #35

When I was around ten years old I witnessed this. fightforfreedom Sep 2022 #36

It's riders like this that give the rest of us a bad rep wysimdnwyg Sep 2022 #37

It always made me very angry to see any motorcycle flaunting the laws. Ferrets are Cool Sep 2022 #54

Coworker of Hubby, older, married, no kids, with lots of disposable Ilsa Sep 2022 #38

I'm an EMT with a volunteer rescue squad in rural VA . . . AverageOldGuy Sep 2022 #41

That's a horrible image (and experience.) The cycle drivers were gone in an instant, the memories erronis Sep 2022 #44

Unfortunately, it doesn't always stop EMTs from engaging in dangerous behavior. Ms. Toad Sep 2022 #79

I'm so glad you weren't in the accident eleny Sep 2022 #42

Very sweet.... PCIntern Sep 2022 #52

How awful. LisaM Sep 2022 #43

Witnessed something similar in the OC in California 10 years ago ColinC Sep 2022 #46

Sorry you saw that. My mom saw something similar decades ago and I could tell it scared her. TheBlackAdder Sep 2022 #47

Yuck. PCIntern Sep 2022 #55

"next weekend they'll be out doing the exact same thing" drmeow Sep 2022 #49

One of the "stupider" statements... 3catwoman3 Sep 2022 #66

Unless they have a terminal illness drmeow Sep 2022 #74

I'm surprised vehicles aren't required to have speed limiters Victor_c3 Sep 2022 #59

At that speed it's like marking a javelin PCIntern Sep 2022 #61

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"To take this man's life and twist it politically is why we are losing 'so to speak'" BumRushDaShow Sep 2022 #65

Post removed Post removed Sep 2022 #70

So does that mean BumRushDaShow Sep 2022 #71

Last year I was coming from Atlantic City on same expressway and car in front of me was hitting the Pepsidog Sep 2022 #63

As a former motorcyclist ... Straw Man Sep 2022 #64

We had a similar situation, fortunately no one died LNM Sep 2022 #68

I am so sorry that you witnessed this, be sure if you need therapy to go and get. This is trama SWBTATTReg Sep 2022 #77

A high school acquaintance of mine was severely injured at Sturgis this year. Ms. Toad Sep 2022 #78