Just ain't safe safe anywhere anymore

[Snaggletooth]

When I woke up this morning I found a stack of text messages on my cell from overnight from several different people I know asking where I was and if I was ok. A couple sent several messages. Kinda weird.

 

Then I saw the news.

 

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa —One person is dead and others are injured after at least two motorcycles collided Tuesday north of Council Bluffs.

Medics were called to Old Lincoln Highway near School Hill Avenue around 8:45 p.m.

According to an eyewitness, three motorcycles were heading south on the two-lane highway when they collided with another motorcycle carrying two people traveling north.

A man riding the motorcycle traveling north was pronounced dead at the scene. The sheriff's office said he was traveling at a high rate of speed.

The witness told KETV NewsWatch 7’s Ryan Luby the people riding the three southbound motorcycles are related. A husband and wife were on separate bikes, and the third bike had two people riding on it.

At least two people were taken to a hospital with injuries. The sheriff's office is still trying to determine the extent of the injuries and exactly how many people were injured.

A white SUV was also involved in the accident, a witness said.

This is one of my favorite evening rides in the area along the bluffs on these warm evenings. Nice curvy road, decent condition, usually not a lot of traffic at that time of day. Lot of bikes run that road. Isn't the first time for a multi-bike accident along that stretch.

Now I'm waiting to see who the riders that went down are.

Had a 24 year old gal lose control of her bike on I-80 the other night at over 100 MPH right at the ramp I use every day. It's been a crazy spring here for bike wrecks. Too many and too often. Been a couple every week seems like.

You guys take care out there. Keep on your toes.