FORT STOCKTON, Texas (AP) - Pittsburgh motorcycle training expert Larry Grodsky has died from crashing his motorcycle on a rural West Texas highway.
A Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman says the 55-year-old man known as "Mr. Safety" struck a deer on Saturday night. Grodsky was thrown from the bike and pronounced dead at the scene. He was wearing a helmet.
Grodsky had been writing the "Stayin' Safe" column in Rider magazine since 1988. He led riding tours throughout the country.
Survivors include his father and mother, Violet Grodsky, and his sister; and his longtime girlfriend, Mary Ann Puglisi.
He was the nephew of Myron Cope, the longtime Pittsburgh Steelers announcer who retired last year.
