The Madison Police Department issued the following statement.
Accident on I-55 East Frontage Road in Madison
On November 21, 2017 at approximately 6:12 pm, the Madison Police Department was notified of a single vehicle accident involving a motorcycle on the northbound side of the east Frontage Road of Interstate 55 just south of Madison Avenue. Officers of the Madison Police Department as well as the Madison Fire Department were dispatched to the scene.
Upon arrival, officers determined that the driver of a Yamaha motorcycle was traveling northbound on the east Frontage Road when he lost control of the motorcycle striking the left concrete curb of the roadway skidding into the median between northbound Interstate 55 and the east Frontage Road. There were no other vehicles involved in the accident. The driver, who was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, was ejected from the motorcycle during the accident. The driver was transported to the University of MS Medical Center by Pafford Ambulance Service where upon his arrival he was pronounced deceased.
The driver is not being identified at this time as the family and friends are still being notified. The accident remains under investigation by the Traffic Division of the Madison Police Department.
18 comments:
How sad, especially now on Thanksgiving eve. Prayers to his family. Sadly, anyone who rides a motorcycle is taking a huge risk. That's why cardiologists refer to motorcycle riders as heart donors.
Wish this would happen more often.
Seriously 12:43!??? Are you that jealous of motorcycle riders that you wish them dead? You are a sick individual.
Dang 12:43, I wouldn't wish death on anybody. That being said, looks to me like the east and west frontage roads, connected at the north and south ends with a loop under the bridges, and having only one side street entrance on either side would make for a nice 1.6 mile oval road race course. He might have been the first to lose his life, but sadly he probably won't be the last.
Any update as to who this was? I can't find anything.
The buddies he was racing with left him to die without a trace.
Crotch rocketeers, huh?
"Donorcycles". The rootin'-tootin' fools who drive these noisy nuisances provide many useful organs to those in need of transplants.
"The buddies he was racing with left him to die without a trace."
November 22, 2017 at 4:14 PM
Figures. By the way, I just checked google 'news', and nothing with details came up. Do you have a link, or is this what LEOs and witnesses are saying?
Y’all are right about the crotch rocketeers flying up and down that part of I-55 (including the frontage roads), but I suspect this wasn’t one of them at 6:00 pm. They tend to do that in groups between about 10:00 and midnight.
10:11--- That is right, the sport bikers usually ride late at night--in the warmer months. When it is cold they can't get nearly as much grip with cold tires. They would be like hockey pucks on the pavement. That's probably what happened to the fellow that lost control and was killed the other day. The temperature was too low and his tires were cold with limited grip.
Have any of you had the experience of driving on 55 in Jackson of being startled by the sudden roar of motorcycles whizzing past you as they dart in and out of different lanes between cars? Each time it happens I feel lucky I wasn't changing lanes just then because I had not seen the cycles coming up behind me at great speed. I mean like 90 mph at least. I've thought about calling 911, but by the time authorities could intercept they'd be gone. I've thought each time there would surely be a crash up ahead where the cycles were headed. Next time I'll be quick to call 911. I'd say let them earn a Darwin Award except everyone's safety is at risk from such recklessness.
Some of those guys eventually self-attrit.
12:43 - Please elaborate so that I can try to wrap my head around your statement.
Gladly, 12:43! I'll be blunt. I HATE those people, and want them to die. I'm tired of being awakened by loud vehicles. And I'm tired of having crotchrockets endanger my life on the Interstate.
It's an overcrowded world, and the FIRST people who could be eliminated, are the stupid, reckless bullies. These creeps on motorcycles, aren't just endangering their own lives, and not just degrading their own lives - they endanger and degrade the lives of others - and for no good reason.
So, are you putting all motorcycle riders in your death wish? In case you haven’t noticed, there are motorcycle riders who’s bikes aren’t loud and do obey the law. Do you actually know whether or not the guy who died in this crash was riding a crotch rocket? Yes, this guy that you seem to have taken pleasure in him losing his life because he was on two wheels? Do you know what he was riding? Let’s get blunt.
Law enforcement sources said he wasn't one of the crotch rockets. Just a guy who had a wreck on a motor vehicle that has little margins for error if something happens.
Now as for the Wolfpack at night, I have no sympathy for any of them whatsoever.
Yes Kingfish, I already know that he wasn’t riding a crotch rocket and not one of the night gang. I was there. I’m calling out 12:43 for their heartless comments.
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