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Cyclist dies after collision with loose dog on river trail in Durango. ( Colorado )
Durango Herald ^ | May 9, 2025 | Jessica Bowman

Posted on 05/09/2025 6:05:28 PM PDT by george76

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To: george76

the owner sounds like he knew he was screwed as he said he’d come back and hadn’t yet.

I’d say the blame is more with the entitled dog owner who needs to stop thinking he and his pet are so special that they don’t have to obey the laws.


61 posted on 05/09/2025 9:36:45 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesu)
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To: from occupied ga; kawhill
I find most bicyclists obnoxious, intrusive and entitled, but Only an idiot would think an adult bicyclist especially one 76 years old would deliberately run into something where he could get hurt with his no doubt expensive bike.

Kindly direct your comment to hawhill. He was the one who suggested it; I was just replying to his post.

62 posted on 05/09/2025 10:00:46 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Riding a bike slowly and cautiously and wearing a helmet. A near -0- chance of dying from a fall. He was not wearing a helment, going really fast, or his landing spot was not on a flat spot.


63 posted on 05/09/2025 10:01:08 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts
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To: GingisK

Awww, logic finally. It was an accident, life with all risks removed. That is the libtards wet dream.


64 posted on 05/09/2025 10:03:02 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts
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To: super7man

lol


65 posted on 05/09/2025 10:04:30 PM PDT by AAABEST (That time Washington0 DC became a corrupted, existential threat to us all...)
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To: laplata

I am 5 years younger, and I can get the bike up in the 15mph zone on a casual ride. That feels like a bat out of hell if you fall.


66 posted on 05/09/2025 10:05:43 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts
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To: kvanbrunt2

Use a heavier pull on the rear brake, and you must have been going like a bat out of hell.


67 posted on 05/09/2025 10:07:25 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts
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To: Glad2bnuts

I’m 74 and know what you mean. So, for a poster to say he was going fast means the poster didn’t read before commenting.


68 posted on 05/09/2025 10:14:42 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: Glad2bnuts

I saw a kid on a moped going maybe 15 mph fall and hit his head on the curb. Cracked his skull like a walnut. I never found out what happened to him. But even stationary small falls and crack the head badly. Especially for a guy in his late 70s.


69 posted on 05/09/2025 10:27:51 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: jimfree

Irrelevant in my mind.


70 posted on 05/10/2025 12:10:18 AM PDT by Revel
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To: george76

Pedestrian trails and bike trails should be separate.


71 posted on 05/10/2025 4:16:43 AM PDT by grannycracker
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To: george76

I’ve never put my dogs on a leash. They new the property boundaries and stayed there. You come onto mtheproperty then you get what you get.

They wouldn’t fit in a purse, kiddie cart etc because they aren’t dogs they’re cats that yip and they never went to a restaurant, pub or brewery etc. They stayed home loving life. Never had one for emotional support.. those people should be institutionalized.

I miss the dogs I had. They had long good lives.


72 posted on 05/10/2025 4:20:53 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: george76

Hope the dog is okay.


73 posted on 05/10/2025 5:03:10 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: tumblindice
These thoughtless dog owners are rude and entitled.

or maybe they have well trained dogs?

Our lab/doodle has been trained since a pup as service dog. When he is in the vest and working he stays on a short leash arms length from me, that’s in restaurants, stores, church, wherever. But when he’s not in vest and not working, no leash and no vest. When we go for walks I put him on an electronic collar and carry a leash just in case we run into a Karen, but he gets to enjoy a little varmint hunting, pointing, and chasing or he catches a soft frisbee in the nearby soccer field.

With actual bad people running lose who should be on a leash, I find it annoying that we waste resources on stupid crap like worrying about how people walk their pets. And plenty of people who walk leased dogs still haven’t the decency to pick up their poop.

74 posted on 05/10/2025 5:23:17 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: nagant

No blame. Just curious why authorities were shouting that it was a loose dog problem with zero other information provided. Reminds me of Biden admin distractions. Would be the simplest thing to add more info.


75 posted on 05/10/2025 6:40:49 AM PDT by jimfree (My 22 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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To: fidelis

Sorry consider it redirected


76 posted on 05/10/2025 7:02:05 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: BobL

“Feel sorry for the dog’s family.”

Stupid should hurt.


77 posted on 05/10/2025 10:30:42 AM PDT by utax
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To: kawhill

“Maybe the dude liked to run over dogs on his bike and this time it killed him.”

I’m sure that was the case.


78 posted on 05/10/2025 10:33:06 AM PDT by utax
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

“Witnesses said the dog’s owner initially yelled at Miller before realizing how seriously he was injured. The dog’s owner then left the scene, saying he was going to get help, but never returned.
Cowardly a-hole.”

Yep - but can’t say i’m surprised.


79 posted on 05/10/2025 10:36:00 AM PDT by utax
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To: laplata

“I live in Durango and am a Nam vet. I met him casually at the VA Clinic here in Durango. He was a good man.”

A vet died because of some a$$hole’s off leash mutt.


80 posted on 05/10/2025 10:43:32 AM PDT by utax
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