Another example of failure to countersteer, police state death squads and 4-hour rescue? Further proof the illegal 30mph "speed limit" has increased the death rate 400%
Another ‘Dragon’ death : N.C. woman killed when motorcycle slides off road
By J.J. Kindred
The Daily Times
DEALS GAP, TENN. -- A North Carolina woman was killed in a motorcycle accident Monday afternoon on “The Dragon.”
It was the fourth fatality of the year on the curvy mountain stretch of U.S. Highway 129.
Judy Hatley Harris, 62, of Wilmington, was riding a 1996 Yamaha southbound behind her husband’s motorcycle.
Harris cut into a wide curve on Mile Marker 4, and her motorcycle dropped off the right hand side of the road and could not recover, according Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Cory Russell, who investigated.
The motorcycle laid down and struck a stump, causing Harris to go about 75 feet down an embankment, Russell said.
Harris was wearing a helmet, according to the report. Harris’s husband was not involved in the crash and was not injured. No other vehicles were involved.
Rural/Metro and Blount County Sheriff’s Office deputies, as well as the Blount County Rescue Squad, were also on the scene.
Other fatalities on ‘The Dragon’ this year:
• Sept. 28: Sean R. McMillin, 24, of Cherry Point, N.C., was killed in a motorcycle wreck near Mile Marker 7. He was a lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, stationed in North Carolina.
• June 15: Harley Hogue, 53, of Naples, Fla., was killed near Mile Marker 8 after losing control of his motorcycle while negotiating a sharp right-hand curve.
• June 6: John W. Henson, of Carencro, La., was killed when he tried to negotiate a sharp right-hand curve while riding his 2006 Honda motorcycle near Mile Marker 4 and the vehicle crossed into the southbound lane and left the road.
See also:
Crash on 'The Dragon' kills NC motorcyclist -- Slayerhaters attack!
It was the fourth fatality of the year on the curvy mountain stretch of U.S. Highway 129.
Harris cut into a wide curve on Mile Marker 4, and her motorcycle dropped off the right hand side of the road and could not recover, according Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Cory Russell, who investigated.
The motorcycle laid down and struck a stump, causing Harris to go about 75 feet down an embankment, Russell said.
Harris was wearing a helmet, according to the report. Harris’s husband was not involved in the crash and was not injured. No other vehicles were involved.
Rural/Metro and Blount County Sheriff’s Office deputies, as well as the Blount County Rescue Squad, were also on the scene.
Other fatalities on ‘The Dragon’ this year:
• Sept. 28: Sean R. McMillin, 24, of Cherry Point, N.C., was killed in a motorcycle wreck near Mile Marker 7. He was a lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, stationed in North Carolina.
• June 15: Harley Hogue, 53, of Naples, Fla., was killed near Mile Marker 8 after losing control of his motorcycle while negotiating a sharp right-hand curve.
• June 6: John W. Henson, of Carencro, La., was killed when he tried to negotiate a sharp right-hand curve while riding his 2006 Honda motorcycle near Mile Marker 4 and the vehicle crossed into the southbound lane and left the road.
See also:
Crash on 'The Dragon' kills NC motorcyclist -- Slayerhaters attack!
Crash Video of Failure to Counter on the Dragon - USDOT reports that 90% of dead riders have no idea how to countersteer. USDOT reports that riding a bike requires steering in the opposite direction of every turn.
Used2befast photo by The Dragonater
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