This is from the Bryan-College Station Eagle newspaper. I had to work this one Friday. It was a bad one. Suffice to say death was instant.
After seeing this I am reminded why I always plan an out and always get to the inside or outside of the lane in stopped/stop&go traffic. Damage to the m/c was pretty insignificant. A hammer to get the rear fender off the wheel and a new front brake lever and I bet you could have ridden it home.
This one will be decided by the Grand Jury.
Updated July 18, 2003 11:59 PM
Blinn student dies in motorcycle accident
By HOLLY HUFFMAN
Eagle Staff Writer
A 23-year-old motorcyclist was killed Friday when he was crushed between two sport utility vehicles during a five-car pileup in Bryan.
Bryan Edward Mancuso, a student at Blinn College in Bryan, was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was injured.
Bryan police said four westbound vehicles were stopped at a red light in a turn lane on Tabor Road when the chain-reaction crash started just before 8 a.m. Friday.
The line of vehicles — a Ford pickup followed by a Suzuki XL7 followed by Mancuso’s Harley-Davidson motorcycle followed by a Ford Explorer — extended into the regular lane of westbound traffic. As the vehicles waited to turn left onto the southbound frontage road of North Earl Rudder Freeway, a Chevrolet pickup slammed into the rear of the Explorer, police said.
The impact caused the Explorer to plow into the motorcycle and the Suzuki, crushing Mancuso between the SUVs, police said. The Suzuki also crashed into the rear of the Ford pickup at the front of the line.
No charges had been filed Friday against the driver of the Chevrolet pickup, 26-year-old Juli Lyn Conner of Brazos County. Police said the accident remains under investigation.
Mancuso, described by family members as a motorcycle enthusiast who loved his dogs, graduated from Bryan High School in 1998. He worked for Kent Moore Cabinets in Bryan.
Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Monday at the Callaway-Jones Chapel in Bryan. Burial will follow at 3 p.m. in Forest Park Westheimer in Houston.
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After seeing this I am reminded why I always plan an out and always get to the inside or outside of the lane in stopped/stop&go traffic. Damage to the m/c was pretty insignificant. A hammer to get the rear fender off the wheel and a new front brake lever and I bet you could have ridden it home.
This one will be decided by the Grand Jury.
Updated July 18, 2003 11:59 PM
Blinn student dies in motorcycle accident
By HOLLY HUFFMAN
Eagle Staff Writer
A 23-year-old motorcyclist was killed Friday when he was crushed between two sport utility vehicles during a five-car pileup in Bryan.
Bryan Edward Mancuso, a student at Blinn College in Bryan, was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was injured.
Bryan police said four westbound vehicles were stopped at a red light in a turn lane on Tabor Road when the chain-reaction crash started just before 8 a.m. Friday.
The line of vehicles — a Ford pickup followed by a Suzuki XL7 followed by Mancuso’s Harley-Davidson motorcycle followed by a Ford Explorer — extended into the regular lane of westbound traffic. As the vehicles waited to turn left onto the southbound frontage road of North Earl Rudder Freeway, a Chevrolet pickup slammed into the rear of the Explorer, police said.
The impact caused the Explorer to plow into the motorcycle and the Suzuki, crushing Mancuso between the SUVs, police said. The Suzuki also crashed into the rear of the Ford pickup at the front of the line.
No charges had been filed Friday against the driver of the Chevrolet pickup, 26-year-old Juli Lyn Conner of Brazos County. Police said the accident remains under investigation.
Mancuso, described by family members as a motorcycle enthusiast who loved his dogs, graduated from Bryan High School in 1998. He worked for Kent Moore Cabinets in Bryan.
Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Monday at the Callaway-Jones Chapel in Bryan. Burial will follow at 3 p.m. in Forest Park Westheimer in Houston.
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