Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Teen dies in ATV crash
ONE TEEN AND SERIOUSLY INJURES ANOTHER KAYLA ANDERSON IS LIVE AT UNM HOSPITAL WITH DETAILS A TEENAGER WAS AIRLIFTED HERE TO UNM HOSPITAL LAST NIGHT AFTER THE ATV HE WAS RIDING SLAMMED INTO A TREE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON FOREST ROAD 242 A PASSERBY CALLED 9-1-1 JUST AFTER SIX LAST NIGHT BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF S DEPUTIES ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AFTER THE MALE RIDER HAD BEEN AIRLIFTED WITH CRITICAL INJURIES THE FEMALE RIDER S BODY WAS STILL THERE SHE DIED AT THE SCENE it looks like the bend that you see here behind me that they were trying to negotiate that failed in doing so and actually went off the roadway went airborne for a distance and then hit a tree that was on the side of the roadway NEITHER RIDER WAS WEARING A HELMET ACCORDING TO LECOMPTE AND NEITHER WAS CARRYING ANY IDENTIFICATION SO DEPUTIES HAD NO WAY INITIALLY TO REACH PARENTS OR OTHER RELATIVES SHERIFF S DEPUTIES TELL US A STEP-FATHER LOOKING FOR THE TEENS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE LAST NIGHT AND LEARNED THE TERRIBLE NEWS REPORTING LIVE FROM UNM HOSPITAL KAYLA ANDERSON EYEWITNESS NEWS 4 TODAY A FIRE IN SANDOVAL
Fallen Soldiers Honored in North Little Rock
More than 70 flags each a memorial to an Arkansan killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom Rob Hopper started honoring those who ve died with a memorial motorcycle ride but he wanted to do more
Thursday, March 27, 2008
ABQ to revamp bicycle laws
ALBUQUERQUE LEADERS SAY ITS TIME FOR A CHANGE-- WHEN IT COMES TO CARS AND BICYCLISTS SHARING THE ROAD EIGHT BICYCLISTS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN LESS THAN FOUR YEARS-- AND THE CITY SAYS THAT S A FRIGHTENING ISSUE THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED SHELTON DODSON IS LIVE NEAR U-N-M WITH MORE ON SWEEPING CHANGES TO MAKE THE DUKE CITY ONE OF THE SAFEST FOR BICYCLISTS IN THE NATION SHELTON AT LEAST THAT IS THE HOPE TODAY THE CITY ANNOUNCED PLANS TO REVAMP LAWS REGARDING BICYCLISTS AND MOTORISTS SHARING THE SAME STREET AND THOSE WHO PUSH THE PEDALS ACROSS THE PAVEMENT SAY IT S ABOUT TIME Albuquerque to be safe As Albuq AND THOSE CYCLISTS WHO JOINED MAYOR MARTIN CHAVEZ TODAY WANT THE SAME BUT THEY SAY ride on ONE OF THEM -- IS ONE THAT IS USED THE MOST -- CENTRAL AVENUE Central is suicide on a bicycle Why is it suicide Because you are caught between traffic and cars that are opening doors and there is no room for a bike lane BEN SAVOCA BIKES ABOUT 100 MILES A WEEK AND HE S HAD A LOT OF CLOSE CALLS I don t want to say that Albuquerque is a bad place to bike because compared to a lot of places it is terrific But we have a long way to go educating motorists and cyclists on how to interact with one another NEW MEXICO NOW RANKS AS 12TH WORST WHEN IT COMES TO BICYCLE FATALITIES PER CAPITA THERE HAVE BEEN EIGHT BICYCLISTS KILLED IN THE CITY IN FOUR YEARS SOME WHERE MOTORISTS WERE TOO BLAME AND SOME WHERE BICYCLISTS WERE AT FAULT THE MOST RECENT DEATH -- 43-YEAR- OLD ROY SEKRETA KILLED INSTANTLY WHEN HE TRIED TO CROSS COMANCHE THREE WEEKS AGO ON HIS WAY HOME FROM WORK It s a tragedy when ever a cyclist is killed And it s a message to us that the systems as it is isn t working THE CITY ALSO PLANS A BIKE SAFETY MEDIA CAMPAIGN AND ON SENDING A- P-D OFFICERS TO SCHOOLS TO TEACH BIKE SAFETY
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Accident Kills 12-Year-Old, Injures Another
A 12-year-old boy was riding a bike when he was killed by a passing pickup truck
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