Posted on 08/11/2009 5:27:57 PM PDT by Amerigomag
A motorcyclist was killed Monday in a collision with a motor home on Highway 101’s Conejo Grade after he slowed rapidly in front of the recreational vehicle in an apparent road-rage incident, authorities said.
The motorcyclist, a 57-year-old Ventura man, was killed about 12:22 p.m. on southbound Highway 101 near Camarillo Springs Road when he collided with a roughly 30-foot motor home driven by Michael Antoine, 68, of Thousand Oaks, said Officer Terry Uhrich of the California Highway Patrol’s Moorpark office.
The motorcyclist and Antoine were both traveling about 55 mph when the collision occurred in the right lane, authorities said. Witnesses and Antoine later told authorities that the motorcyclist had made obscene hand gestures, pulled in front of the motor home, then slowed down dramatically, Uhrich said.
Antoine did not have time to react and struck the back of the low-slung custom motorcycle, causing it to become stuck under the front of the RV, authorities said. The motorcyclist was thrown from the bike, run over by the motor home and dragged underneath for about 75 feet, Uhrich said. Unable to steer, Antoine continued about 500 feet and hit the center divider, Uhrich said.
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Never bring a low slung bike to an RV fight.
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I wonder what this guy was thinking as he was being crushed and ground to death under the wheels? I bet for a split second he thought, "I'm stupid and really dead".
No doubt this will be a closed casket funeral for this moron.
Bet the motor still fires up.
He is lucky he didnt hit a truck
I can honestly say that I'd never heard or read those phrases before you posted them.
I've never owned a motorcycle though, maybe that's the reason.
Had a similar incident near Kingman, Arizona a few years ago. Driving a converted school bus, I was pulling a grade at about 45 mph. A pickup truck impatiently followed.
Upon reaching the top of the hill, the pickup roared around and blocked the road.
The driver came running back, approached the drivers window, and yelled, Get out of there, I’m going to kick your a**”! BUT, HE WAS lol
Sticking his head into the window, he suddenly recoiled as Washoe, my Great Dane, who stood 36 inches tall at the shoulder, attempted to “take a bite out of crime”.
“And if that $%*@!#& dog wasn’t in there I would kick your a**. BUT HE WAS! lol
No, that is not what was reported.
""Witnesses and Antoine later told authorities that the motorcyclist had made obscene hand gestures, pulled in front of the motor home, then slowed down dramatically, Uhrich said.""
Sorry, folks, I ain’t buyin’ the RV guy’s story.
Based on what? Thin air?
There were witnessed that backed up the RV drivers statement.
That's odd, as some of the most inconsistent, baseless and inaccurate statements here were made by people from Pennsylvania and Georgia. lol...
Ya should of married the girl from Seal Beach.
I had this happen to me in Florida, except for the accident part.
But ... was he wearing a helmet?
Bet he doesn’t do that again.
On the road.
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