The driver involved in a serious motorcycle accident that injured a Livermore man, has been arrested.

The accident occurred on Monday at 6:35pm. A BMW was traveling at more than 100mph when the front of the car struck the rear wheel of the motorcycle. The motorcyclist, 47-year-old Robert Demartino Jr. was thrown off of his bike and fell to the pavement, hitting his head on the ground. He suffered critical injuries, and was rushed to a Castro Valley hospital. According to witnesses at the scene of the crash, the BMW simply drove on after striking Demartino’s motorcycle. On Wednesday afternoon, the driver of the BMW Sobhanieh Mostakhdemin turned herself in to the California Highway Patrol Dublin office. She has been arrested on suspicion of reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident that caused injury.

Apparently, Sobhanieh Mostakhdemin, who had been speeding almost struck several other vehicles before she hit Demartino’s motorcycle. There is no information yet on Demartino’s current condition.

The motorcycle accident was the second involving a hit and run driver in the area this month. Earlier this week, we reported on a Dublin Safeway clerk who was hit by a car, and left with serious head injures. Barry Lim who fell unconscious after the accident was left on the street critically injured, for a passing motorist to find. He continues to remain in a critical condition. Two days after that accident, the driver of the car that struck Lim came to the police station to report that she had been the victim of a hit and run accident. When police inspected the car, they found damage to the front of the car that was consistent with the kind of damage you would expect from a car that struck a pedestrian.

In both these instances, hit and run drivers have been content to strike two of the most vulnerable people on our roads- pedestrians and motorcyclists. Both pedestrians and motorcyclists can suffer serious injuries when they are stuck by a motor vehicle. A pedestrian involved in a collision can be thrown dozens of feet from the point of impact, and fall on the road usually with severe head impact. A collision with a motor vehicle can thrown a motorcycle rider off their bike with similar consequences. Motorcyclists who wear approved helmets have a decreased likelihood of suffering head injuries. However, a helmet does not prevent the occurrence of severe body trauma and spinal fractures. These kinds of catastrophic injuries can force motorcyclists and pedestrians to require months of hospitalization, followed by extensive rehabilitation and therapy.

The motorist responsible for the accident can be held liable in case of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Besides the motorist, other parties that may be responsible for the accident can also be named in an injury claim. For instance, state and local agencies may be held liable if the accident is traced to a defective design on a roadway or a poorly maintained road.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of motorcycle accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

The Reeves Law Group is not acting as legal counsel for any party in the matters discussed in this posting.

A 51-year-old Modesto resident was killed after his motorcycle was struck by an SUV on Tuesday night. The motorcyclist has been identified as Irvin Dee Defertiller.

The driver of the SUV Jennifer Cowgill was in a Ford Explorer when she crashed into the motorcycle. According to the police, the Ford Explorer probably failed to yield the right of way to Defertiller. After the crash Cowgill drove on approximately 100 feet, with the motorcycle still trapped beneath the SUV. She got out of the Explorer, and began to flee the scene. A witness followed her on foot and got her to stop. Defertiller suffered serious injuries, and was taken to the hospital, but died soon after. Cowgill meanwhile has been arrested on suspicion of felony DUI causing injury/death, hit and run and vehicular manslaughter.

In an accident involving a motorcycle and a passenger vehicle, it is the motorcyclist who has the greater chance of being injured or being killed. That’s because these riders don’t have the benefit of protective shielding. The impact caused by a car accident in which a passenger vehicle crashes into a motorcycle can be tremendous enough to throw the motorcycle rider off the bike. Victims can be thrown several feet into the air, and receive severe injuries when they fall to the ground. While a helmet can reduce impact considerably, it may not be able to prevent facial injuries, blunt force trauma injuries, spinal cord fractures and other catastrophic injuries. These injuries may result in the need for extensive hospital stays, physical therapy and rehabilitation later.

Persons who suffer from spinal injuries may need 24-hour care over the long-term, depending on the severity of their condition. Besides, there may be future medical expenses that are needed to treat any conditions that may arise later. Besides, these catastrophic injuries can severely impact the quality of a person’s life.

Nationwide, there has been an increase in the number of registered motorcyclists and also consequently, in the number of motorcycle accidents. Riding motorbikes has always been a symbol of independence and freedom, but in the past few years, there has been an increasing number of men, especially those who are in their 50’s and above, who have taken to motorcycle riding. The problem is that modern motorcycles are nothing like the motorcycles of the 70’s, which is when most of these men last rode a bike. Modern motorcycles have more power, and are harder to control. These motorcycles are not meant to be used by riders who are not fully equipped to handle these machines.

Sports and performing bikes are typically believed to encourage riding at high speeds and other reckless behavior. Cruising motorcycles on other hand, are larger than sports bikes, and because these bikes are comfortable to drive, it can lead to a sense of complacency causing serious motorcycle accidents. Besides these bikes, there are less powerful ones like motor scooters that are smaller in size. These are lighter and easy to maneuver, but this could mean that riders become careless, increasing the chances of a motor vehicle collision.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of motorcycle accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

The Reeves Law Group is not acting as legal counsel for any party in the matters discussed in this posting.

An Orange County motorcycle rider, who was hospitalized for two months for extensive injuries he sustained in an accident on Pacific Coast Highway, has filed a defective road lawsuit against Caltrans.

42-year-old James Kubeck, according to the Orange County Register was seriously injured in the accident that took place on July 2007. He was riding his motorcycle on the highway when a car to his right attempted to make a left turn. He crashed into the car, and was left with serious injuries including a punctured lung, liver injuries, broken neck, as well as other injuries. He slipped into a coma and remained so for three weeks. In all, he spent up to two months in the hospital recovering from his injuries.

The lawsuit alleges that a sharp curve in the road prevented the driver of the car from seeing him. Caltrans has already filed a reply to his complaint which claims that the accident was the result of negligence on the part of the driver of the other car as well as Kubeck, who should have been aware of the curve and attempted to navigate it carefully. Kubeck charges that there were also a couple of cars parked along the road, and this completely limited the driver’s field of visions leading to the accident. The amount of damages claimed in the lawsuit is unspecified, but Kubeck is looking at recovering his medical expenses as well as loss of wages and legal fees. He is expected to continue to require treatment over the long term, and the claim may include these damages too.

Government agencies, at the federal, state and local levels are required to maintain safe roads and highways to reduce the possibility of accidents. This includes everything from the design of the road which should encourage smooth flow of vehicle movement, and reduced risk of accidents to good construction that provides motorist a smooth and unobstructed surface to drive on. Intersections and curves should be properly designed, and there must be no dangerous curves that act like a magnet for traffic accidents. Besides, these roads and highways should be well maintained. This includes making sure that all roads are adequately lighted to reduce the possibility of accidents at night. There should be clearly visible barriers and signage. If there is landscaping around the center divider, then any foliage should be trimmed, so it doesn’t interfere with the driver’s field of vision. In the absence of any of these, the risk of serious accidents increases many times, and when an accident does occur, a victim may be able to name the agencies that were responsible for the defective or dangerous road to be named in a lawsuit. If the agency had received warnings from concerned citizens about defective road conditions that could result in an accident, and if the agency ignored these, then it can strengthen a claim against the agency.

Proving that an agency was negligent in its duty to provide safe roads for motorists requires extensive investigations conducted by an Orange County accident lawyer.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of motorcycle accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

There’s bad news for Los Angeles’ motorcycle lovers – California Highway Patrol statistics say that the number of motorcycle accidents in the city has doubled over the past eight years.

According to a report in SGVTribune.com, the number of people dying in motorcycle accidents in Los Angeles County in 2001 was 51. In 2008, that number had shot up to 96. The pervious year, 85 people died as result of motorcycle crashes in the county.

One of the worst places a motorcycle rider could be riding on is Glendora Mountain Road in the Angeles National Forest. That stretch of road has seen some severe accidents that have involved fatalities. People who died there have included seasoned, experienced motorcyclists who have been riding for years, followed all safety precautions and wore helmets. There have been several biker versus biker collisions here too. A 5-mile stretch on the west 10 Freeway is also another motorcycle crash hotspot. Most of the accidents reported there have either resulted in severe injuries or deaths.

So, what’s causing the increased number of motorcycle accidents? Blame the prices of gas. Motorcycle crashes are more commonplace now simply because there are more licensed motorcyclists on the roads, as a result of high gas prices. As of now, 1.2 million people in California have a license to ride a motorcycle. That is an increase of about 300,000 in the past seven years. As the gasoline crisis peaked over spring and summer of 2008, people began looking for alternative, cheaper modes of transport. Walking, cycling, and motorcycling became the three popular options for getting around. Unfortunately, the increase in people choosing these forms of transportation has meant that there are more of them on the roads than there used to be in years past, and therefore, they are involved in more numbers of accidents than before. Like with pedestrians and bicyclists, there has been a backlash against the increasing number of motorcyclists on the road. The public continues to battle with the idea of a person choosing to ride his way to work or elsewhere as a “biker gang type,” which can translate into aggressive driving or road rage against these people.

A collision between a motorcycle and another vehicle almost always ends up weighed heavily against the rider. Statistics show that compared to a person involved in a car accident, a motorcycle rider is 37 times more likely to die as a result of the accident. A majority of these accidents can be traced to the fault of motorist involved in the crash. Besides, there are dangerous roads that are often responsible for motorcycles skidding out of control. More than passenger cars, motorcycles need a well-maintained, smooth, and even surface to ride safely on. Motorcycle crashes are more frequent in the absence of a good road surface, sufficient lighting, or barriers or signage that warn of dangers ahead. Agencies responsible for building and maintaining the roads can be held liable for injuries in such cases. Motorcycle accident lawyers may be able to help determine the liability of the parties concerned, so that victims receive full compensation.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of motorcycle accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

A car accident lawsuit that’s headed to a San Luis Obispo, California court alleges that it was a dangerous road that caused the accident as much as drugs and alcohol. Six years after the accident that left him with severe head and body injuries, Aaron Gurican, then just 17-years-old, is charging that the county maintained an unsafe road without streetlights that was at least partly responsible for causing the drunk driving accident.

On April 9th, 2002, Gurican was leaving his girlfriend’s house, on his motorcycle at night. He had no way of knowing that headed straight at him was a car driven by Mathew Wenz, also 17 years old. Wenz was in the wrong lane, and when his car slammed into the motorcycle, it knocked Gurican off. Wenz, it was found after the motorcycle accident, had been drinking, although his alcohol limit was .07, which is just below the legal limit for an adult of legal drinking age. However, Wenz was a minor, and any amount of alcohol in his system was too much. He had also been smoking pot earlier that day, it was found.

Wenz claimed he never saw Gurican, and thought he’d run over an animal in the dark. Gurican suffered extensive head injures, and today is confined to a wheelchair with very limited movement in his head and shoulders. He was wearing a helmet at the time of the car accident, but his motorcycle had an improperly functioning headlight. Gurican however, says he had a flashlight strapped onto the front of the motorcycle.

The lawsuit names not only Wenz, but also the San Luis Obispo County for his injuries. In earlier attempts to take the case to trial, Gurican’s attorneys had claimed that the stretch of road where the car accident occurred was dangerous, and had no streetlights. In addition, there were experts who came forward to testify on Gurican’s behalf, that the road was constructed in such a manner that motorists were encouraged to take a wrong turn. There was also a bush that blocked visibility, and this fact was confirmed by Wenz’s testimony, according to which, he never saw Gurican.

The court however, ruled that there was not enough evidence for Gurican to take the case to trial. Two years later, Gurican appealed, and that court found that the evidence indeed proved that the case could, in fact, go to trial.

Gurican’s jury trial will begin in December. The lawsuit cites a sum of $7 million in damages, as well as for expenses for taking care of Gurican who is expected to need care for the rest of his life. The county has refused to settle, and is looking forward to a trial, their attorneys say.

The county’s argument is that the responsibility for the car accident rests solely on the shoulders of Wenz and Gurican. The former was drunk, and even had drugs in his system, while the latter was driving without a proper headlight. Even so, there has been evidence that there was a design flaw in the dangerous road that enabled wrong turns, as well as helped lessen the degree of the turn. It seems like there was more than drugs, alcohol and a missing headlight that was at play in this California car accident.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of car accidents and dangerous roads. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

The Orange County Register is reporting that a seventeen-year-old boy has been killed in a motorcycle accident at Santa Ana Canyon Road and Maud Lane in Anaheim. The accident occurred early on Monday morning. The teen, Brendan Shanks was on his motorcycle westbound on Santa Ana Canyon Road when his bike collided with a Chrysler that attempted to make a turn at Maud Lane. The motorcyclist was rushed to the Western Medical Center in Santa Ana, where he succumbed to his injuries. The driver of the Chrysler, a woman did not suffer any injuries.

Pictures of the bike after the motorcycle accident told a grim tale of the kind of impact the crash had. The motorcycle was severely smashed. You can also tell how severe the impact must have been from the fact that the injuries were fatal, despite the motorcyclist wearing helmet. Anaheim police are investigating the cause of the motorcycle accident. So far, they say it’s not clear if speed played a part in the accident.

It seems like the family of the young boy should be considering their legal options after his death. There is obviously more to this accident that meets the eye. Initial reports have been very brief, but an experienced Orange County motorcycle accident lawyer will look at a number of probable casual factors that could have caused the accident. What was the speed of the Chrysler as it turned into the lane? Who had the right of way? Did the driver cut Brendan off? As we have noted on our Orange County motorcycle accident lawyer blog, too often we see that motorcycle accidents are the result of the failure of motorists to respect the rights of these riders.

Meanwhile, mourners, including Shanks’ friends from school quickly gathered at the crash site to honor his memory.

In an aside to this motorcycle accident, one of the police officers who was responding to the fatal crash was involved in a motorcycle crash himself as he was going to the Western Medical Center. The accident was a solo crash, and the officer suffered moderate injuries.

While drunken driving accident deaths have been dropping in California, the number of motorcycle fatalities is unfortunately on the rise. This seems to be a nationwide trend. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the number of motorcycle accident fatalities rose by 8 percent between 2003 and 2004. While the increasing number of people riding these days could be a factor, it’s also well known that motorists’ attitudes towards motorcyclists are grudgingly tolerant at best, and downright aggressive at worst. Unless a victim hires an experienced Orange County motorcycle accident lawyer, it’s possible that this discrimination is carried over when it’s time to compensate him for his suffering.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of motorcycle accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

It was to be a great weekend for Bob Ybarra and his fiancée, as they participated in the 2008 American Heat Motorcycle Weekend in Palm Springs, but instead it ended abruptly in a Riverside County motorcycle accident involving an SUV and Bob’s motorcycle.

52-year-old Bob had been a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast, and along with thousands of other bikers, had been participating in the bike fest in Riverside County. He was with his 34-year-old fiancée, Nadine Patek, and the two, family members say, were engaged to be married in May. As Bob cruised through the intersection at Camino Real and East Palm Canyon Drive, a Toyota sports utility vehicle driven by Max Moorehouse suddenly turned in the motorcycle’s path. With no time to react or slow, Bob couldn’t help broadsiding the SUV, and was thrown off his motorcycle from the impact. He received severe injuries in the motorcycle accident, and was taken to the hospital for treatment. He died on Monday. Patek, meanwhile, suffered minor injuries and was released from the hospital after treatment.

The driver of the SUV, 76-year-old Max Moorehouse, a Boise resident, has been arrested on suspicion of felony drunk driving. This was before Bob’s death on Monday, and the charges will now likely be amended to include vehicular manslaughter. Moorehouse, who had been held at the Palm Springs jail, posted bail on Monday.

Meanwhile, fellow bikers, family and friends remembered Bob as a loving, caring person, always ready to help anyone who needed him. He loved motorcycles, his fiancée and his family. Nicknamed “Big Bob” for his larger-than-life personality, Bob was looking forward to his May wedding with Nadine.

Why on earth would a 76-year-old man be careless enough to drive drunk, you wonder. It’s not as if Moorehouse got his license yesterday. This is a 76-year-old man. During those 76 years, you would think he’s learned, read, and experienced enough to know the dangers that come with driving in an inebriated state. It’s bad enough when callow youth are found drinking and driving. But to have senior citizens who, should simply know better, indulging in this behavior seems even more unacceptable. And for some, it may seem there is something wrong about being free and out on bail, while the victim of the drunk driving accident you caused, is dead.

Bob Ybarra is going to be sorely missed – that’s obvious from the number of his friends posting messages of sympathy and condolences at online forums. We urge the family to contact a Riverside motorcycle accident lawyer as soon as possible to explore their legal options against Moorehouse.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of motorcycle accidents and drunk driving accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

Take a history of alcohol and drug abuse, post traumatic stress disorder, and a disposition to never learn from his mistakes, and put all these behind the wheel of a car, and what do you have? A drunk driving accident of the mindless sort that happens every day on our streets. 58-year-old Jimmy Dunn is currently being held at a Pinellas County jail in Clearwater, Florida on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and manslaughter.

On Tuesday night at 9:45 pm, Dunn was in his car, driving north on Keane Road. He had just had his driver’s license reinstated. Dunn drove right into a motorcycle with two men riding on it. The motorcycle rider, Harold Davis, was not wearing a helmet. His pillion rider, Jason Hennis was. When the dust from the collision had settled, it really didn’t make a difference to either of the men. Davis died at the scene of the motorcycle accident. Hennis died at the hospital about an hour late.

Dunn drove off from the scene of the motorcycle accident, but was caught by passersby, who happened to witness the accident. Police when they arrived, found the strong smell of alcohol on his breath and after blood alcohol tests were given, the results showed that the count was at .179 and .186. Apart from the influence of alcohol, there are also suspicions that Dunn may have been under the influence of cocaine at the time of the motorcycle accident.

Dunn’s history of driving while intoxicated and a host of other offenses is lengthy to say the least. In the matter of drunk driving alone, he has been convicted on three separate occasions. On each occasion, his license was revoked, each time for a longer and longer period of time. He only got his license back last year after a 10-year revocation of his license after his last drunk driving conviction.

Not that not having a valid license prevented Dunn from driving. He was arrested in 2006 on charges of driving with a revoked license and spent a night in jail. It was after his third conviction for DUI, that the words “substance abuse” came to be associated with Dunn. He underwent a drug evaluation, and was labeled a heroin and cocaine addict. The substance abuse seems to have been intense, and led to Dunn losing his family, as well as his job.

His record also mentions that he suffered from post traumatic stress disorder for which he had received treatment at the VA Medical Center at Bay Pines. He stopped attending therapy after he found it was interfering with his job, this was just before his third and last DUI conviction.

All this means nothing to the families of the two men who died, however. They don’t care how many times his license was revoked, or what kind of stress disorder he was suffering from. All they know is that they have lost a son, a husband, and a father each. Davis and Hennis were not in the wrong here. They were perfectly sober, going about their daily business. It was Dunn who was allowed to be back behind the wheel of a car even after the number of convictions that he had to his name. This was a man who shouldn’t even have been behind the wheel of a stationery vehicle. Instead, he’s managed to cause yet more havoc and destruction because we fail to treat these offenders with the extreme strictness that they deserve.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of drunk driving accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

More motorcycles on the streets of California, and older drivers who have slower reflexes – a potent combination of factors that have led to an increased number of motorcycle accidents in many areas across the state.  Now, the California Highway Patrol has kicked off a program that aims to increase awareness for the need for better motorcycle safety practices on our streets. The program called “Saving Lives in California” includes five areas in its fold, and will continue though this month.

The California Highway Patrol has identified a few areas as being especially vulnerable to motorcycle accidents.  All through this month, patrol officers will be vigilantly looking for errant motorcyclists, and educating drivers about the proper methods of sharing the roads.

The program couldn’t come a day too soon.  The number of motorcycle accidents taking place in California, the state with a tradition of motorcycling that goes back decades, has increased dramatically. In 1998, the number of people killed in motorcycle accidents was 206. By 2006, the number had risen to 511. Of course, as the California Highway Patrol points out, the number of motorcycle registrations during the same period rose by 72 percent.  The number of increased motorcycle accidents therefore can be traced to the fact that there are simply more motorcycles on the streets these days.

Even among motorcycle owners, there is a distinctly different kind of motorcycle rider these days that has the CHP worried. The number of older motorcyclists has risen around the country, and the same is true for California.  As one patrol officer puts it bluntly, when you dust off the motorcycle, you also had better take some motorcycle safety lessons to brush up your knowledge of riding.  With more older men choosing to celebrate the new found independence that comes when they have completed a good part of child rearing and can concentrate on themselves, there is a breed of motorcyclists who form a potentially high-risk group for such accidents.  A 40-year-old motorcyclist just doesn’t have the sort of reflexes and quick judgment that a 25-year-old would.  Add to that the fact that the machines themselves these days are stronger, meaner and more powerful, and you have a recipe for a motorcycle accident.

So far, it looks as though the program is going according to plan. In the Santa Fe Springs area alone, CHP officers have cited 108 motorcyclists so far. Other areas that have been identified by the CHP in this program are Baldwin Park, Altadena, Central L.A. and West San Fernando Valley.  From crossing the yellow lines, to riding without a license, motorcyclists are being given a crash course on what is not acceptable on the streets.

An initiative like this from the California Highway Patrol was a long way coming.  Better education can only mean safer streets for both motorcycle and drivers alike.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of motorcycle accidents.  Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

Talk about a death wish. A Stockton motorcyclist who was caught in a high-speed chase with the California Highway Patrol, died after a motorcycle accident in which he crashed into a Jeep, got up severely injured, and continued to run away on foot.

The series of illegal activities that this guy notched up to his credit is long. First, 47-year-old Daniel Humphreys accelerated his Yamaha 2000 up 100 miles per hour on Highway 12 in the late evening. CHP officers noticed him westbound on the highway, and began tailing him. The cops signaled to Humphreys to pull over, but once Humphreys realized that he was being chased, he began to avoid the cops, taking dangerous turns into heavy traffic to throw them off his trail. He headed onto the heavily-crowded I-5, snaking through the traffic, as CHP officers tried to keep pace.

The motorcycle accident, when it did occur, was not entirely surprising – after all you had a man, presumably under the influence of alcohol, zipping through crowded freeways with no regard to his own safety or that of others. On I-5, Humphreys approached a Jeep Wrangler which was traveling in the same direction. His motorcycle sideswiped the Jeep. He was immediately thrown into the air, and astoundingly, he continued to try to escape the police even after being severely injured. He got up and began to run, and then collapsed as he approached the center divider. He was taken to San Joaquin General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The driver of the Jeep, meanwhile, 32-year-old Marlene Romalla, lost control of her vehicle. The jeep overturned, and landed in a field off the road. Romalla suffered minor injuries.

Imagine the sequence of events if Humphreys had just decided not to evade the police, and submitted to an alcohol test right away. He’d probably still be alive, well and wiser from the experience. Instead, his family has lost a father, and a woman has been injured, and so unnecessarily. The cops don’t know why he was on the run, but claim alcohol played a part in the motorcycle accident.

It’s not hard to understand Humphrey’s behavior when you factor in the role of alcohol in this accident. The man was obviously under the influence, causing his bizarre behavior. This is just one more example of the tragedy that can be averted if people just use their common sense, and refrain from getting behind the wheel of a car or on a motorcycle, in an intoxicated state. In spite of having caused a major car accident, and being thrown off his bike, Humphreys under the influence, got right back to his feet and attempted to flee. Alcohol severely impairs a person’s judgment, causing the kind of illogical behavior that we have seen in this motorcycle accident – behavior that ultimately cost Humphreys his life.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of motorcycle accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.