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Baitball Blogger

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Tue Dec 4, 2012, 04:35 PM Dec 2012

Bad ten days for motorcyclists in Orlando.

FHP: Motorcyclist dies in crash, fourth similar death in 9 days

A 28-year-old Oviedo man was killed when an elderly man drove his Kia SUV into the path of his Yamaha motorcycle Tuesday morning.

Then it describe three other similar accidents, none of the victims were at fault:

In that crash, Kyle Allen Morton was thrown from his Suzuki motorcycle near the intersection of Goldenrod and Charlin Parkway when a 73-year-old woman who was headed north on Goldenrod made a left turn into his path.

Motorcyclist Charles Forsyth, 60, was killed when a Ford pickup violated his right of way and hit his Yamaha on County Road 561 in Lake County.

Jorge Mesarina, 48, died when a car turned left in front of his Kawasaki on Edgewater Drive and he fell off the motorcycle. Another car ran him over, troopers said.

Be Careful out there, y'hear!

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-motorcyclist-killed-wreck-alafaya-20121204,0,3636439.story

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Bad ten days for motorcyclists in Orlando. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 OP
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