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Motorcyclist dies after collision
A female motorcyclist was killed in the early afternoon Saturday in South Austin after a collision with an SEV in which the SUV driver failed to yield. A blue Scion SUV was travelling westbound on Valley View Road and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was traveling northbound on Manchaca Road at about 12:45 when the wreck took place. The driver of the Scion failed to yield the right of way from a stop sign and attempted to turn left onto Manchaca Road. The Scion pulled in front of the motorcycle, which then T-boned the Scion. The driver of the motorcycle was pronounced dead at University Medical Center Brackenridge two hours after the accident. The fatality is Austin’s 33rd traffic-related one this year. Read Moe
Motorcyclist dies in wreck
A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday morning in a collision with a truck at Round Mountain Road and Big Sandy Drive in northwestern Travis County west of Leander, officials say. Tom Vinger, a spokesman with the Department of Public Safety, said the motorcycle was traveling east on Round Mountain Road and the truck was traveling west. About 9:50 a.m., the driver of the truck failed to yield before attempting to turn left onto Big Sandy Drive, and the motorcyclist struck the truck. The driver of the motorcycle was 42- year-old Kristopher Klein of Leander, Vinger said. Vinger said that no charges against the truck driver have been filed but that the collision is still under investigation. Read Moe Motorcyclist dies after wreck
Austin police said Jon Seymour, 44, died Monday from injuries he suffered in a wreck on his, motorcycle Saturday. Police said Seymour was driving east on U.S. 290 and was struck by a Honda Civic that was traveling west and trying to turn onto FM 1826 about 7.a.m The other driver was not charged, police-said. Read Moe
Safety Stressed Before Biker Rally Rolls Into Town
Austin police have put 20 extra officers on roads to prevent fatalities and kicked off a safety campaign Monday aimed at preventing motorcycle fatalities during the Republic of Texas Biker Rally, which runs Thursday through Sunday at the Travis County Exposition Center. The rally, the fifth-largest event of its type in the nation, expects to attract 200,000 people police Chief Art Acevedo said. Motorcycle fatalities accounted for 27 percent of all roadway fatalities last year in Austin, which is higher than the national average of 13 percent, according to police. Austin police recorded 18 motorcycle fatalities in 2008, more than double the eight recorded in 2007. In January, police said that the increase in fatalities was partly because of the nearly $4-per-gallon summer gas prices, which led many inexperienced drivers to switch to motorcycles. So far this year, there have been nine fatalities and no fatalities occured last year duing the biker rally. Read Moe
