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1 person dead after motorcycle crash on US-19 in Tarpon Springs

By Matthew A. Garcia 1 week ago

Police say the 28-year-old driver was wearing a helmet, but believe it was not properly secured.

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — A motorcycle crash on US Highway 19 left one person dead late Wednesday night, authorities reported. 

Officers were sent to the scene of a motorcycle crash just south of Beckett Way in Tarpon Springs.

Upon arrival to the scene, authorities say they discovered one injured male rider. Tarpon Springs Fire Rescue treated his wounds and transported him to Bayonet Point Medical Center.

Another 28-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. 

A news release says investigators were told a large group of motorcycles was traveling southbound on US-19 heading to Tampa. The 28-year-old reportedly swerved into another motorcycle causing both of them to go down.

Police say he was thrown off his bike and died from traumatic injuries. According to the report, he was wearing a helmet that may not

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Two dead after motorcycle they were riding is struck by a car near Kewanee | Local Crime & Courts

By Matthew A. Garcia 2 weeks ago






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Two people on a motorcycle died Sunday after they were struck by a vehicle that had crossed the center line of Illinois 78 in Henry County, Sheriff’s investigators said.

The crash occurred at about 2:30 p.m. in the area of 880N and Illinois 78 just north of Kewanee.

A passenger car that was southbound on Illinois 78 crossed the center line into the northbound lane and struck the motorcycle.

The car then struck an SUV that also was northbound. 

The driver and passenger of the motorcycle were pronounced dead at the scene.

The occupants from the other two vehicles were taken to a local hospital.

The names of the deceased were not released Sunday.

The crash remains under investigation by the Henry County Sheriff’s Department.

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HGTV Star Carmeon Hamilton’s Husband Dead in Motorcycle Accident: ‘An Eternally Broken Heart’

By Matthew A. Garcia 3 weeks ago
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Carmeon Hamilton, who won HGTV’s Design Star: Next Gen earlier this year, is mourning the death of her husband Marcus.

Hamilton, 35, revealed the tragic news on social media, sharing that Marcus died in a motorcycle accident on Saturday. She posted a photo of him on her Instagram Sunday alongside a lengthy caption describing Marcus as “the love of my life.” 

“To my extended Internet family,” she began. “It is with deep sorrow and an eternally broken heart that I tell you that the love of my life, Marcus Hamilton, has passed away. I was alerted by MPD late last night that Marcus succumbed to his injuries from a motorcycle accident yesterday afternoon.” 

Hamilton continued, “I’m no stranger to loss, but this loss brings something beyond pain. Something I can’t describe. I’m now missing a major part of myself and that void seems to grow

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Blue Ridge Parkway motorcycle crash leaves Weaverville man dead

By Matthew A. Garcia 2 months ago

A Weaverville man died July 31 in a single-vehicle collision on his motorcycle on the Blue Ridge Parkway, according to a statement from the National Park Service.

Shawn Emory, 38, of Weaverville, the motorcycle driver, was pronounced dead later that day at a “local hospital,” the news release said. 

Parkway dispatchers received a report at 9:30 a.m. July 31 of a single motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle near Milepost 398, near the Chestnut Cove Overlook about 5 miles south of Asheville at the N.C. 191/Brevard Road intersection.

When rangers arrived on the scene, according to the news release, they “observed the motorcycle laying on its side near the guard rail.”

According to the Park Service, a preliminary investigation shows that Emory was traveling southbound in an uphill curve when he lost control and overcorrected. The motorcycle left the road and struck the guard rail. Emory was ejected from the

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