Motorcycle Accidents

• Traffic fatalities steady but motorcycle deaths rose in Iowa during 2007.

  Steve Lombardi | March 05, 2008 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  In 2007, 423 people died in all traffic accidents according to the Iowa DOT. As compared with 439 in 2006 and 450 in 2005. More statistics are coming in having to do with seatbelt usage, alcohol relatedness, motorcycle and deer wrecks and collisions, etc. We'll report on more later. Happy New Year!

• Another Baby Boomer Motorcyclist Dies in Iowa

  Steve Lombardi | September 30, 2009 10:15 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Charles Wagner, 57 years old, was driving his Victory motorcycle in Mills County on Sunday afternoon when he lost control, swerved off the road, causing the vehicle to overturn, and killing him...

• Driver Safety: Does snow and ice on the road excuse the driver’s negligence?

  Steve Lombardi | February 20, 2009 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  The short answer is normally not. Tuesday’s edition of one news source has this headline: Ice and snow blamed for fatal accident. I read this and immediately know the writer hasn’t a...

• When You're Over 50 How Much Bike is Too Much?

  Steve Lombardi | August 03, 2009 9:26 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  I read where a man 67-years-old was riding eastbound on I-80 at the 142 mile marker. He’s in the left lane, his bike leaves the roadway on the left side where he rolls it and is killed. This...

• Motorcycle Safety - More accidents, more deaths and multiple causes.

  Steve Lombardi | July 10, 2008 9:00 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  Motorcycle Safety – It’s about watching out for the unexpected and paying closer attention – and not just for those on the motorcycle.

• Two motorcycle riders, not wearing helmets collide and are injured

  Steve Lombardi | May 18, 2008 12:29 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  I’ve been told that in real estate the three most important features to look for in a buy position are location, location and location. In motorcycle riding it should be helmets, helmets and...

• Fatal Collision Caused By Drunk Driver

  Steve Lombardi | July 20, 2007 5:00 AM | 9 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Darcy Schehr, a woman from Wisconsin, has been charged with "homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle." In a collision on Sunday, July 15, Schehr lost control of her vehicle on Highway 60, crossed the center line and hit a motorcycle. The motorcyclist, 40-year old Daniel Christ of Iowa City who was wearing a helmet, was killed. Schehr suffered no injuries.Important in any collision is a...

• Cyclist in Coma After Collision with a Car

  Steve Lombardi | June 27, 2007 2:58 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  A car and bicycle collided on the east side of Des Moines on Saturday, May 12. The cyclist suffered broken bones, severe head injuries and went into surgery at a Des Moines hospital after the accident. The victim remains in a coma.The police are trying to identify the man who is Hispanic and in his 30s. His blood-alcohol level was four times the legal limit at the time of the accident. The...

• Motorcyclist loses control and loses life, wear your helmet

  Steve Lombardi | October 02, 2009 11:04 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  On September 27th 2009 Charles Wagner was traveling southbound on 310th St. in Mills County when he apparently lost control of the motorcycle he was driving and left the road overturning. While its...

• YAMAHA and the ATRA might ask: Why are there so many personal injury lawyers?

  Steve Lombardi | June 17, 2009 10:14 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  This is the headline the American Tort Reform Association would write: Iowa motorcyclist, out for a Sunday driver in Cedar Rapids clocked on radar at over 164 mph! Greedy trial lawyers to...