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Chain Of Crashes Claims Lives Of 4 Bikers
POSTED: 6:07 am EDT October 20, 2005
UPDATED: 5:41 pm EDT October 20, 2005
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The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal accident in Volusia County Thursday.
The accident occurred late Wednesday night near Osteen, and news of the crash is hitting especially hard at Biketoberfest, WESH 2 News reported.
Thousands of bikers are already in Daytona Beach for the first official day of the annual event.
FHP officials said a Winter Springs couple was heading southbound on state Road 415 when their motorcycle struck a large dog in the middle of the road. Both were thrown from the bike.
Then, a family member following behind them on a motorcycle sideswiped the couple's bike. At that point, everyone was alive.
Another couple on a bike stopped to help. The driver tried to flag down a passing car while his passenger gave first aid to one of the injured motorcyclists. But then things got even worse.
The driver of a Honda Civic was distracted by the good Samaritan on the side of the road, causing him to hit the motorcyclists and the other good Samaritan with his car.
Just as that was happening, another Honda Civic hit one of the bikers.
In all, four bikers died.
"It's horrible. It's absolutely horrible," said a woman at Biketoberfest.
"When you ride motorcycles, any little thing can cause you to wreck, and then it's hard to see them once they go down, especially at night," said another biker at the festival.
The Winter Springs couple has been identified as Steven and Jacqueline Redrick. They were the co-owners of Trick Shots. Her father, David Jack Gheen, of Texas, also died in the accident.
FHP officials also said 47-year-old Karen Murgo, of Sanford, who had stopped to help, also died.
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Be careful over there, and on the way over guys ...
Cliff
http://www.wesh.com/news/5130783/detail.html
Chain Of Crashes Claims Lives Of 4 Bikers
POSTED: 6:07 am EDT October 20, 2005
UPDATED: 5:41 pm EDT October 20, 2005
Email This Story | Print This Story
The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal accident in Volusia County Thursday.
The accident occurred late Wednesday night near Osteen, and news of the crash is hitting especially hard at Biketoberfest, WESH 2 News reported.
Thousands of bikers are already in Daytona Beach for the first official day of the annual event.
FHP officials said a Winter Springs couple was heading southbound on state Road 415 when their motorcycle struck a large dog in the middle of the road. Both were thrown from the bike.
Then, a family member following behind them on a motorcycle sideswiped the couple's bike. At that point, everyone was alive.
Another couple on a bike stopped to help. The driver tried to flag down a passing car while his passenger gave first aid to one of the injured motorcyclists. But then things got even worse.
The driver of a Honda Civic was distracted by the good Samaritan on the side of the road, causing him to hit the motorcyclists and the other good Samaritan with his car.
Just as that was happening, another Honda Civic hit one of the bikers.
In all, four bikers died.
"It's horrible. It's absolutely horrible," said a woman at Biketoberfest.
"When you ride motorcycles, any little thing can cause you to wreck, and then it's hard to see them once they go down, especially at night," said another biker at the festival.
The Winter Springs couple has been identified as Steven and Jacqueline Redrick. They were the co-owners of Trick Shots. Her father, David Jack Gheen, of Texas, also died in the accident.
FHP officials also said 47-year-old Karen Murgo, of Sanford, who had stopped to help, also died.
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Be careful over there, and on the way over guys ...
Cliff
Thats so fucked up...Figures they both were driving Civics.. 
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Originally Posted by Cecil
Reality is stranger than fiction.
right...
i'm at a lose of how this could happen, sounds like something from a cheese movie or something.
i'm guessing they crashed and just left the people and bikes in the road?
very odd
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Originally Posted by Frankie Boy
See! The obviously Harley riders (Volusia county = cruisers) crashed, lived, were trying to help eachother out, and then got killed by a Japanese 4 cylinder vehicle anyway! It ain't right!
ignorance is what makes the world go around
go put on some makeup and pretend to be a badass...how are you so sure they werent riding a japanese cruiser? maybe the people in the civics were older, there are many possibilities... dont be a jackass....
feel bad for the families of the victims.. RIP
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