A TBI a.k.a Traumatic Brian Injury can happen to anyone of us for a number of reasons, but the primary cause appears to be motor vehicle accidents. For bikers, the risk of TBI is tremendous as motorcycle accidents can be especially traumatizing to the body due to the high speeds in which they can occur. [...]
A La Palma motorcycle crash briefly shut down the eastbound carpool lane of the 91 freeway this Friday morning. Authorities rushed to the scene after a call came in at approximately 9:30 a.m. indicating that a vehicle had “gone airborne” and crashed on the 91 Freeway. A later report revealed that the auto in question [...]
A man from Gardena, aged 24, died on Thursday night from injuries he sustained in an earlier accident. Earlier in the week on Saturday, the man, identified as Leonard Torres, crashed his motorcycle into a truck that was parked., at a site in Ojai. According to reports, Torres was traveling down Highway 33, just south [...]
A motorcyclist involved in a late Tuesday night crash has sustained major injuries, according to reports from officials. At the site of the crash, in an unincorporated portion of Alameda County near San Ramon, the man’s motorcycle crashed into another vehicle. The motorcycle crash reportedly took place at around 7:45 pm on Crow Canyon road. [...]
A motor cycle rider who had been weaving in and out of traffic sustained serious injuries Sunday afternoon when he slammed into a car that was slowing down to make a turn. The thirty-year-old man, who hailed from the Huntington Beach area, collided with the car on Beach Boulevard near Bishop Street in [...]
A man that that was involved in a motorcycle crash on Sunday is now reported to have died on Monday morning, at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. According to reports, Donald Murray was trying to avoid the accident when he ended up hitting the vehicle.
Murray was riding his 2006 Yamaha motorcycle through vehicles on the straight [...]
A man died on Wednesday in a motorcycle accident when he slammed into a garbage truck in Concord. The man, identified as Joseph McMahon, a 44-year-old resident of Martinez, crashed into the truck at around 2:30. McMahon was headed west through the intersection as the garbage truck, of Concord Disposal Service, was headed north through [...]
According to the latest figures of the Department of Transportation, in 2007 there were 7.1 million motorcycles on the road. The National Traffic Safety Administration reports that 5,154 motorcyclists were killed and 103,000 were injured in 2007. About half of the bikers killed were over the age of 40. 20 percent of crash fatalities occurred [...]
When a motorcyclist and his or her passenger get into an accident caused by a careless (“negligent”) driver, product defect in the motorcycle, dangerous road design, or otherwise due to another person’s fault or dangerous condition, the injuries to the motorcyclists are often serious. Broken feet, ankles, legs, pelvis, and hip bones frequently result from [...]
