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"Ghost Bike" Keeps Alemeda Cyclist's Memory Alive

Today one fallen cyclist was memorialized by a ceremony and a bicycle painted white, dubbed “the ghost bike.” Ed Weiss may still be alive if only the motorcycle that struck him one year ago today while trying to pass a car learned to “share the road.” Instead, this avid cyclist suffered fatal injuri

By Claude Wyle

/ 3 Aug 2007

Antioch Man Killed While Laying Flares on Highway 24

A 60-year-old man was struck by an oncoming vehicle and killed early this morning while laying down flares on Highway 24 near Walnut Creek, California. The injuries proved to be fatal, and the motorist was pronounced dead at John Muir Medical Center. The vehicle was out of traffic, so this just goes

By Claude Wyle

/ 1 Aug 2007

San Francisco Motorcycle Accident With No Insurance

Riding a Motorcycle With No Insurance? Risks You Should Know About. Last Fall Joey Palmer, a San Francisco Richmond District resident, was riding his motorcycle through the Presidio when his brakes suddenly locked up, and he crashed. He was lucky to survive the motorcycle accident with only a broken

By Claude Wyle

/ 29 Jul 2007

Poison in Hot Dog Chili Sauce and in Dog Food

Hot Dog Chili Sauce Recaled for BotulismAs if we don’t have enough to worry about with E Coli and Salmonella in our meat and spinach and lettuce, the latest tainted food danger comes from a favorite Summer food, the hot dog.Botulism poison has been found in hot dog chili sauce from Castleberry Foods

By Claude Wyle

/ 28 Jul 2007

Motorcycle Race Fans Crash Car As They Leave Laguna Seca

Two motorcycle race fans suffered serious personal injuries in a car crash near the Laguna Seca exit last Sunday. Apparently over-excited by the motorcycle racing earlier in the day, a driver crashed his automobile on South Boundary Road near the exit to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. I didn’t realize i

By Claude Wyle

/ 27 Jul 2007

Mill Valley Man Dies in Mt Tam Auto Accident

The cause of an auto accident that killed a Mill Valley man is still a mystery. After returning from a hike on June 18, 2007 a Mill Valley man veered off Ridgecrest Boulevard on Mount Tamalpais and down a 400 cliff. Recent toxicology tests revealed negative results. Did a dangerous condition of this

By Claude Wyle

/ 27 Jul 2007

Truck v. Bicycle Accident: San Francisco Fatality

No Charges in Fatal SF Truck vs. Bicycle Accident San Francisco police have not filed charges against the truck driver of a big rig that crushed to death a San Francisco Bicyclist yesterday afternoon in the city’s Bayview District. According to police, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer, was driving north

By Claude Wyle

/ 26 Jul 2007

Marin County Lawsuit For Dangerous Bicycle Hubs Spurs Consumer Protection Legislation

This Fall, the New Jersey legislature may pass the first-ever ban on quick-release bicycle hubs. Traditional quick release bike hubs are dangerous to children because the wheels can suddenly fall off causing serious injuries. The New Jersey ban has roots in Marin County, California, where eight chil

By Claude Wyle

/ 25 Jul 2007

Underage Drinking Linked to Fatal Auto Accident

Police believe alcohol and inexperience were primary collision factors in the fatal crash that killed four last night in Almaden Valley, San Jose. Erik James Sattersom sped along a curvy road with a limit of 35 m.p.h. at speeds upwards of 80 m.p.h. He lost control of his car, struck an elderly coupl

By Claude Wyle

/ 24 Jul 2007

Proposed Legislations Will Reduce Child Drowning Deaths

The mother of the 4-year-old boy who recently drowned in a Great America pool blames lifeguards for not spotting her son until it was too late to save him, but was not in the pool herself at the time of the drowning. Great America now requires all children less than 4 feet tall wear life jackets whi

By Claude Wyle

/ 23 Jul 2007

Deadly Product Threatens Child Safety, Consumer Commission Powerless

A recalcitrant company is refusing to pull the Meerkat 50 Youth ATV off the market, and the Consumer Public Safety Commission (CPSC) is powerless to force the recall. The ATV, marketed to children under 11, poses a high risk of serious injury or death because of numerous defects. These defects inclu

By Claude Wyle

/ 23 Jul 2007

Passenger Killed; Distracted Driver Hits Tomato Truck

This Sunday, the death of a young woman could have been avoided had the driver of the van she rode in paid attention to traffic ahead of him. Instead, at approximately 9:54 p.m. Pakom Lengrichaem sped along I-5 just south of the Herndon crossing at 75 mph. Lengrichaem failed to notice traffic slowin

By Claude Wyle

/ 20 Jul 2007