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Old 08-27-2005, 05:19 AM
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Default Bike Accident/Death on Howard Franklin Friday Night

seekerONE got stuck on the Howard Franklin last night headed from Tampa to St Pete due to a bike accident, according to the radio the bike collided with a truck or the truck colided with the bike.

Does anyone know anymore about this? seekerONE aka Steve said the bike was charred and was a sport bike and a sheet was over the rider.
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Old 08-27-2005, 05:37 AM
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damn....that sucks....
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I'm putting in my bet that the bike was going >100mph. Forge thinks ~130mph.
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well i was going to say that that he was probably cruising!!!
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i saw the remints of the accident the bike was fucked, and i think it collided with a pickup truck, because there was a truck about 100yds away seems to be dented a little with a bunch of boke plastics in the bike maybe a friend was picking it up
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Well lets hope that the rider is ok and the sheet was meant for somethng else. Sucks this happend
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Rider died. Rear ended the truck. Specifics unknown. At least he tried to protect his bean with a helmet.

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