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5 riders die
« on: June 28, 2010, 10:36:14 AM »
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Re: 5 riders die
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2010, 07:35:56 AM »
Very sad. I wonder what happened?
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Re: 5 riders die
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2010, 05:22:50 PM »
This has shaken a many in our area.
We did not know them, but we all ride that area.
We do not know what happened and that is very disconcerting.

Cager?  cyclists?

the fact that it got so many, you naturally want to know more details about how this could have happened

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Re: 5 riders die
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2010, 08:41:40 PM »
Terrible.
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Sounds like maybe he turned into the group or ?
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Re: 5 riders die
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2010, 08:33:24 PM »
Dam sad chit to hear untill we know what happened all we can say is prayers.


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Re: 5 riders die
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2010, 11:49:27 AM »
2 weeks before this accident I gave a friend of ours her first motorcycle ride. We rode in that area (she lives in Paradise). I'm guessing that since she has not mentioned this to us, that it was her last ride too.

Odd how none of the reports do not mention anything about the driver of the van. Coming out of Pittsburgh I have my thoughts though.

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Re: 5 riders die
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2010, 12:08:30 PM »
 How sad! It sure sounds like the van is at fault for that much damage.
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Re: 5 riders die
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2010, 12:21:29 PM »
Quote from: porthole on August 01, 2010, 11:49:27 AM
2 weeks before this accident I gave a friend of ours her first motorcycle ride. We rode in that area (she lives in Paradise). I'm guessing that since she has not mentioned this to us, that it was her last ride too.

Odd how none of the reports do not mention anything about the driver of the van. Coming out of Pittsburgh I have my thoughts though.

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I cannot make heads or tails out of this. I got no further info.

In my own mind I wanted to know if this could have been preventable form the motorcyclist.

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Re: 5 riders die
« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2010, 12:23:51 PM »
A left turn in front of a staggered row of bikes makes sense to me with the all to usual and BS accepted excuse - "I didn't see them"
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Re: 5 riders die
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2010, 12:24:22 PM »

The police officer said three couples were riding Harley Davidson motorcycles at the time of the crash, apparently heading north on Route 72.

"At some point, somehow, they collided with a van, and I don't know which way the van was traveling," he said.

All three motorcycles hit the van in the southbound lane.

"One hit in front and then the other two hit on either side," King said. "So there was some rotation of the van."

At least some of the motorcycle riders were wearing helmets at the time of the crash, according to King.

"Some still had helmets on and there were some helmets strewn about the scene, which, they could have come off," he said. "At this point, I can't tell how many had them on or if anybody didn't. I just don't know that yet."

King was not sure if speed played a role in the accident. The portion of road where the crash happened is fairly straight.

"It's really hard to tell who was going which way because the van was hit in three different areas," he said.

Penn Township police had identified most, but not all, of the five people killed as of 9:30 p.m. Sunday, according to King.

"We're still trying to definitively identify some of the passengers, and we haven't contacted all the family members because we just don't know some of the names," he said.

Police interviewed some witnesses who "saw bits and pieces of the accident," King said.

However, he said police had not yet found anyone who saw the crash happen.

"Nobody has come forward that actually saw the crash itself, so if anybody did, I'd appreciate a phone call," King said.

Anyone with information should contact Penn Township police at 665-6959.

Route 72 was closed between Auction and Lititz roads.

Including the five people who died Sunday night, 27 people have been killed in accidents on Lancaster County roads so far this year.

Sunday's crash was the eighth fatal accident this year involving motorcycles and the second in the past four days.

New Providence residents Scott Matthew Bachman and Jeremy Stephen Rineer, both 20, were killed Thursday night when the motorcycle they were riding crashed into a tree that had fallen across Marticville Road in Martic Township.

Read more: http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/262127#ixzz0vN8RcvA7

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Re: 5 riders die
« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2010, 12:28:13 PM »
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Re: 5 riders die
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2010, 04:36:35 PM »
Wow that is just crazy.
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Re: 5 riders die
« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2010, 11:16:55 PM »
all 3 bikes hit the van -- the van must have turned into the bikes (at speed), otherwise maybe one of them could've avoided it.  Looks there just wasn't any time.  Sad.  If the van driver had a heart attack, or something else, no preventive measures would help -- Part of the risk we take.  Very sad
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