Tucson has a good population of young bold sportbike riders...and we lose our fair share every year. It seems to me these types of accidents resulting from extreme speed happen all to often.
December 22, 2008, 9:36 a.m.
DAVID L. TEIBEL
Tucson Citizen
Two motorcyclists died in separate but similar crashes Saturday, authorities said.
In the first accident, a rider crashed Saturday afternoon into the back of a sport utility vehicle on the Southeast Side, a Tucson police spokesman said.
Killed was Brian R. Wilson, 24, of Tucson, said Sgt. Fabian Pacheco.
Wilson's name had been withheld until Monday so family members could be told of the death, Pacheco said.
Wilson was driving east at high speeds in the 6800 block of East 22nd Street, west of Kolb Road, when he crashed his 2007 Yamaha into a 1995 Ford Explorer about 5:50 p.m., Pacheco said.
He said the woman driving the SUV, also 24, was not hurt. She was the SUV's sole occupant. Her name was not released because she was not cited.
The motorcyclist, who was wearing a helmet, was thrown from his motorcycle and suffered extensive head injuries, Pacheco said.
He was taken to University Medical Center, where he died shortly after arrival, Pacheco said.
The second crash occurred Saturday night when motorcyclist Zachary Bosseler, an 18-year-old Tucson-area man, hit the back of a car, said Deputy Dawn Barkman, a sheriff's spokeswoman.
Barkman said Bosseler was heading west on East Tanque Verde Road near North Tanque Verde Loop when he hit the car about 9:30 p.m.
Debris from the crash indicated Bosseler was driving at "a high rate of speed," Barkman said.
Witnesses told investigators they believed Bosseler was driving fast. Barkman did not have an estimate of how fast he was driving.
Bosseler was wearing a helmet, which likely came off when he hit the car, she said.
He died at the scene, Barkman said.
Lets all remember....There are old bikers and bold bikers but there are few old bold bikers. Two families are having a bummer Christmas today as a result of these two tragic accidents. No need to belabor the stupidity of the victims .....the pain is all too clear to the families.
