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Wreck victim found dead, but motorcycle missing
Houston Chronicle ^ | April 5, 2005 | PEGGY O'HARE

Posted on 04/04/2005 11:32:21 AM PDT by Dog Gone

A man was killed this morning when his motorcycle crashed into a northwest Houston house, but the motorcycle soon disappeared, police said.

The man's body was found around 6 a.m. today between two houses in the 1800 block of West Gulf Bank near Donley. He had suffered major head trauma, said Houston Police Department Sgt. David Crain.

Homicide investigators and crime scene unit officers were initially called to the scene, but determined the man had been injured in some sort of traffic accident after finding broken bits of the motorcycle nearby and discovering a tire track leading up to the house.

Officers also found a spot where the man's head had hit the house. He was not wearing a helmet, Crain said.

Police determined the man had been driving a motorcycle southbound on Donley Street at a high rate of speed, then crossed over West Gulf Bank and hit the house.

After the impact, someone came along and took the motorcycle, leaving the man's body there, police said. Police were still looking for that motorcycle later today, Crain said.


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1 posted on 04/04/2005 11:32:22 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
Maybe he was making a unsuccessful attempt at running from the repo man!
2 posted on 04/04/2005 11:34:39 AM PDT by Fast1 (Destroy America buy Chinese goods,Shop at Wal-Mart 3/18/05 American was gone when I woke up)
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Motorcycles are murderers.

They're also arsonists.

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3 posted on 04/04/2005 11:35:27 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Dog Gone
Officers also found a spot where the man's head had hit the house. He was not wearing a helmet, Crain said.

Wonder what kind of noise that made....

4 posted on 04/04/2005 11:36:54 AM PDT by b4its2late (If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.)
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To: Dog Gone

I'll bet he was riding an expensive Harley.


5 posted on 04/04/2005 11:37:07 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Dog Gone
After the impact, someone came along and took the motorcycle, leaving the man's body there, police said.

That's cold.

6 posted on 04/04/2005 11:37:46 AM PDT by Mark17
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To: Dog Gone

Hmmmm.... Where's Michael Schiavo? ;-))


7 posted on 04/04/2005 11:38:04 AM PDT by GeekDejure ( LOL = Liberals Obey Lucifer !!! -- Impeach Greer !!!)
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To: Mark17

My mom's car was hit by the driver of a three wheeled truck in Yokohama back in the early 1960s. By the time the Japanese police and MPs got there, the truck had been stolen.


8 posted on 04/04/2005 11:43:04 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Mark17
"That's Cold." Yeah,but the guy didn't need it anymore. What the Hell, New handlebars,some fresh paint, Voroom,Vroom.
9 posted on 04/04/2005 11:43:27 AM PDT by Pompah (Oh Yeah Babe.)
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To: b4its2late
Wonder what kind of noise that made....

..Landshark...

10 posted on 04/04/2005 11:46:06 AM PDT by Tennessee_Bob (This tagline is Bush's fault.)
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To: Dog Gone
"Officers also found a spot where the man's head had hit the house. He was not wearing a helmet, Crain said."

A SPOT? Must have been a cone-head.

11 posted on 04/04/2005 11:46:20 AM PDT by azhenfud ("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
By the time the Japanese police and MPs got there, the truck had been stolen.

What did they do with the driver? Lay his body on the street?

12 posted on 04/04/2005 11:50:56 AM PDT by Mark17
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To: azhenfud

Probably like a ripe melon sort of spot only tomatoe colored.


13 posted on 04/04/2005 11:52:06 AM PDT by Pylot
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To: Dog Gone

parts is parts


14 posted on 04/04/2005 11:52:52 AM PDT by SFC Chromey (10 months in Bosnia was merely a dress rehearsal for the 13 months in Iraq)
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To: Dog Gone

"He was not wearing a helmet, Crain said."


Thank GOD that in this great country, people still have the freedom to be complete jackasses!

Hopefully, this guy was an organ donor.


15 posted on 04/04/2005 11:53:10 AM PDT by Blzbba (Don't hate the player - hate the game!)
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To: azhenfud

A SPOT? Must have been a cone-head.



They didn't say how BIG the spot was, heck it could have been a spot that covered the whole side of the house.


16 posted on 04/04/2005 11:55:24 AM PDT by SFC Chromey (10 months in Bosnia was merely a dress rehearsal for the 13 months in Iraq)
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To: 1Old Pro
I'll bet he was riding an expensive Harley.

Yep, all 800lbs of it, just scoop it up, toss it over your shoulder and run away. (/sarcasm)

17 posted on 04/04/2005 11:55:42 AM PDT by JoeSixPack1
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To: Mark17

The driver was knocked unconscious and a passing ambulance picked him up within a minute of the accident. The cops found my mom's '54 Chevy with a big dent in the door and nothing else.


18 posted on 04/04/2005 11:56:25 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: b4its2late
Something like this, I reckon.
19 posted on 04/04/2005 12:03:48 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: b4its2late

Officers also found a spot where the man's head had hit the house. He was not wearing a helmet, Crain said.
Wonder what kind of noise that made....


Ever hear a melon splat on pavement? Similar.


20 posted on 04/04/2005 12:08:31 PM PDT by thag (Notice How They Called it a "Thagline"?)
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