Topic: Talk about a bad run of luck

[Jack Morris]

http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/090306cckrTopFatalAx.64efcf8c.html

3 killed in Bastrop County car accident

11:25 AM CDT on Monday, September 4, 2006

KVUE News
 

Three people died in a severe accident on Highway 290 Sunday morning.

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The crash happened southeast of Elgin near McDade.

Six people were involved in the accident. The three that survived are being treated in the Intensive Care Unit at Brackenridge Hospital.

The accident involved three vehicles: a Jeep Cherokee, a Mini Cooper and a motorcycle, all badly damaged in the crash.

Witnesses told police that the Mini Cooper, driven by 18-year old Christopher Williams of England, was traveling west when it swerved into eastbound traffic.

The Mini Cooper then crashed head-on into a Jeep Cherokee, witnesses said.

"Upon the head-on collision, [the Jeep Cherokee] burst into flames," said trooper Robbie Barrera of the Department of Public Safety.

Williams died at the scene as did the driver of the Jeep, 32-year-old Michael Ivicic of Georgetown and his 9-year-old son.

Ivicic's wife and passenger Pamela McBride was taken to Brackenridge hospital with critical injuries. They were following other family members who were traveling on the motorcycle to McDade where they planned to ride dirt bikes.

The driver of the motorcycle, 36-year-old Steven Ivicic and his passenger were also taken to the hospital.

Sunday's accident was not the first tragedy the Ivicic family has recently faced.

Andrew Ivicic, 18, died two weeks ago after crashing his motorcycle. His mother and father say the family is devastated.

Steven Ivicic is in serious condition Sunday evening. Pamela McBride, Michael Ivicic's wife, is critical.

It is not known why the driver of the mini Cooper swerved, but an autopsy will be performed.

[Sirgod]

Man the bad luck was out yesterday in Oklahoma.

Two kids, a girl 11 years old and her younger brother where hit by a car.

Another kid 7 ears old, was playing with a skateboard, and When he ran off the Driveway, a car got him also. It's a horrible accident, simply Because It could have been avoided if the tree limbs had been trimmed down.

Stephen

[Dracho]

TULSA, Okla. -- Two cars collided and burned on a Tulsa County highway, killing six people, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

The crash occurred shortly before 10 p.m. Monday on U.S. 64 when an eastbound vehicle containing three people crossed the center median and struck a westbound vehicle that also contained three people, the patrol said.

A third vehicle collided with the wreckage and all three vehicles caught on fire, troopers said.
 

The occupants of the westbound vehicle were identified as Isaac King, 20, Stephen Dillon, 18, and Sarah Foster, 19, all of Enid. All were pronounced dead at the scene, the patrol said.

The driver and two passengers in the eastbound vehicle were also killed, but their identities were withheld until positive identification is made, the patrol said.

The driver of the third vehicle, Dorothy Scarbrough, 46, of Stillwater, was pulled from the wreckage by passersby and was treated for a leg injury and released from a Tulsa hospital.


But this fellow deserves a Darwin Award:

Fatal Crash On The Creek Turnpike
Posted: 9/1/2006 6:52:35 PM


The Labor Day weekend is already off to a sad start after a deadly wreck on the Creek Turnpike. A motorcycle rider died just before noon when he crashed into a wall between Olive and Garnett. Troopers say he was going 120 miles an hour when he tried to pass a car and hit the wall. According to troopers, the bike and the rider left debris than 800 feet after the initial impact

[Jack Morris]

Fatal Crash On The Creek Turnpike
Posted: 9/1/2006 6:52:35 PM


The Labor Day weekend is already off to a sad start after a deadly wreck on the Creek Turnpike. A motorcycle rider died just before noon when he crashed into a wall between Olive and Garnett. Troopers say he was going 120 miles an hour when he tried to pass a car and hit the wall. According to troopers, the bike and the rider left debris than 800 feet after the initial impact

I see jerkoffs like that all the time. You know what sucks? A friend of mine who had a speedbike and used to go hell bent for leather told me that in Austin the cops will not go after people like that, with traffic it is too dangerous, and APD bikes can't keep up at those high model speeds. The license plates are so small for bikes that doesn't do any good either unless you are right on their arse.

The good thing? Most are wearing just jeans and a shirt and maybe a helmet, so when they do crash, they are gonna be roadkill.