3 Killed Last Week In Unrelated Motorcycle Accidents

firefighter and a Montgomery County man whose bike crashed into his house and went through a window. The firefighter, Terrence Daryl Boston, 49, of Brandywine, was killed Aug. 25 as he was riding south on Old Branch Avenue in the Temple Hills area, Prince Georges County police said. PHOTOS: Last weeks best news photos of the week They said a northbound car that was trying to turn left onto Allentown Way failed to yield to him. Boston struck the side of the car and died at a hospital. In another Aug. 25 crash, Maryland State Police said Christopher R.
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Motorcyclist dies in South Loop crash

(AP) A funeral service will be held this week for a 22-year-old soldier from New Hampshire who died in a motorcycle crash in Killeen, Texas, while stationed at Fort Hood. Police said Cpl. Tyler Pimpis died Wednesday, Aug. 28, in a collision with a pickup truck. Pimpis, who wasn't wearing a helmet, was ejected from the motorcycle. Pimpis, of Londonderry, was a 2009 graduate of Londonderry High School , where he was a member of the varsity lacrosse and football teams. He joined the U.S. Army in January 2010, and served a combat deployment in Afghanistan in 2011 and 2012.
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NH soldier killed in motorcycle crash in Texas

Daytona Beach Police say 48-year old Ricky Whitehead was pronounced dead at the scene after the accident on South Clyde Morris Boulevard and Buccaneer Way at around 3 p.m. Police say Whitehead was traveling at a high rate of speed northbound on Clyde Morris approaching the intersection of Buccaneer Way, [and upon] approaching the curve traveled into the southbound lanes of Clyde Morris in between oncoming traffic. Police say Whitehead struck the guard rail on the west side of Clyde Morris and was ejected from the motorcycle. The bike came to rest on the east side of Clyde Morris about 200 feet away. Police say Whitehead was wearing a helmet. Unofficial reports were that people at the scene started CPR until the Daytona Beach Police; Fire Department and EVAC ambulances arrived. Daytona Beach Police also blocked traffic on Clyde Morris Boulevard between International Speedway Boulevard and Richard Petty Boulevard during the accident investigation.
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Fiery motorcycle crash northwest of Birmingham sends driver to hospital

CDT, September 3, 2013 A 36-year-old man died Monday night when a car struck his motorcycle in the South Loop, authorities said. Lawrence Talbert, of the 4600 block of South Drexel Boulevard, was riding east on Cermak Road when his motorcycle was hit around 11:15 p.m. by a white Infiniti turning left from South Archer Avenue, authorities said. Talbert was taken to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead at 11:42 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. The driver of the Infiniti was cited for failing to yield the right of way, Police News Affairs Officer Michael Sullivan said.
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Motorcycle accident in Daytona claims Tampa man Saturday (Photos)

An ambulance transported the motorcycle driver from the scene, where a Brookside Fire and Rescue unit and two sheriff's vehicles also responded. A white passenger vehicle involved in the crash showed extensive damage from an impact on the driver's side near the front. The identities of those involved in the crash were not immediately available. Cristy and Ray Bertram heard the crash from inside their home on Cherry Avenue, just feet from where the fiery motorcycle came to rest. "It was a loud popping noise," she said of the impact. She ran from a bedroom to the front door and saw the motorcycle on fire in the street. She yelled for her husband.
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