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Two killed in motorcycle crash in Mission Valley

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#1 ·
These articles really suck guy killed himself and his sister. RIP
SAN DIEGO – Two people killed in high-speed motorcycle crash Sunday night in Mission Valley have been identified as an active-duty Navy man and his sister.

They were Christopher Lee Williamson, 21, who was stationed at North Island Naval Air Station and Rachel Farrelly, 25, from Imperial Beach, the county Medical Examiner's Office said Monday.

Officers tried to stop the pair for speeding as they were riding in a group with two other motorcycles heading east on Interstate 8 at Taylor Street just after 7 p.m., the California Highway Patrol said. The driver accelerated to over 100 mph and overtook a second CHP unit at about 110 to 115 mph at Hotel Circle, the CHP said.

The driver then took the ramp to southbound Interstate 805 at 75 to 80 mph and struck the left guard rail, CHP officials said.

Both the driver and the rider were thrown off the bike and over the side, landing some 75 feet below in a parking lot on Camino del Rio South, where they died.

The ramp was closed until just before 6 a.m. as authorities investigated.

CHP officer Rob Sanchez said the other motorcyclists did not stop.

The Medical Examiner's office said the pair were originally from Missouri.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070521-0653-bn21crashid.html


Ride as Safe as you can
 
#20 ·
#12 ·
Another thread where someone blames the police for an accident...The guy should have stopped, specially because he had a passenger. Imagine the situation of their parents and family...:( RIP
 
#19 ·
R.I.P.

.02 I don't see this as being the cops fualt, that isn't a very long distance that they are talking about from the time of the initial contact to the crash so it's not like it was a hour long chase, more like a minute. The cop was doing his job, protecting the public from stupid and reckless people. I'm not saying I don't speed, (I do), or that speeding in and of itself is stupid or reckless, (that depends on how much speed and where), but the running from the cop with a passenger, now that is stupid and reckless.
 
#22 ·
I think I was riding with the group that the guy was in. Like 30 of us bikes left the beach for elsewhere...it may not be the same group I'm not sure. But laying in the middle of this pack of bikes I realized how much most bikers thinking riding fast on the freeway is a sign of a big penis. So silly how many of these people think that going 140 on the freeway is a true skill of which makes them superior to other riders, it sure does take a ton of skill to hit the throttle in 6th gear. Riding in and out of other cars, on both sides of cars at high speeds makes me almost sympathetic to the car who has no idea that these bikes are coming up at such a high rate of speed on both sides. RIP to this gentleman and his sister but I just wonder at what point will there be enough deaths to prove that riding fast on the freeway and running from cops is not 'cool'? -Dan
 
#31 ·
I realized how much most bikers thinking riding fast on the freeway is a sign of a big penis. So silly how many of these people think that going 140 on the freeway is a true skill of which makes them superior to other riders, it sure does take a ton of skill to hit the throttle in 6th gear. Riding in and out of other cars, on both sides of cars at high speeds makes me almost sympathetic to the car who has no idea that these bikes are coming up at such a high rate of speed on both sides. RIP to this gentleman and his sister but I just wonder at what point will there be enough deaths to prove that riding fast on the freeway and running from cops is not 'cool'? -Dan
This is a common sight here in Florida. It's getting crazy out there. I can't count the times I've seen guys rippin' down I-95 and I-595 at speeds around 140 weaving in and out of cars wearing no helmets, no shirts, gloves or boots. Shorts and sunglasses is the cool thing down here while riding like this. No wonder most cagers and leo's don't like us.
 
#23 ·
you cant blame the cop for doing his job, just goes to show you what some people will risk to avoid a simple ticket
 
#30 ·
God be with them and their families.
 
#34 ·
I can't imagine what the mother and father are going through.
to lose a son and a daughter for something so stupid :(