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StumbleAt least 10 people hospitalized in 3 wrecks near Mesquite
One crash involved a car and five motorcycles, Nevada Highway Patrol reports
Published Friday, June 4, 2010 | 8:14 p.m.
Updated Friday, June 4, 2010 | 10:05 p.m.
Mesquite
Two separate crashes near Mesquite on Friday night — one involving a car and five motorcycles — have sent at least three people to the hospital, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
Those crashes follow an earlier wreck a few miles away on Interstate 15 in which seven people were hospitalized with non-critical injuries, police said.
The most recent wrecks, one in the northbound lane of I-15 and the other in the southbound lane, happened about 8:50 p.m. about six to seven miles south of Mesquite, Trooper Joseph Fackrell said.
One crash, in the southbound lanes, involved a passenger vehicle and five motorcycles. One of the motorcyclists was airlifted to University Medical Center in Las Vegas, police said.
Another person was being extricated from the car with unknown injuries, Fackrell said.
The crash in the northbound lanes involved three or four vehicles, Fackrell said. Two people were transported to Mesa View Regional Hospital in Mesquite, he said.
Police could not immediately provide details about what caused the wrecks.
Earlier in the evening, at about 6:30 p.m., seven people were taken to the hospital for injuries suffered in another multi-vehicle wreck on I-15 a few miles away.
Fackrell said a Ford Explorer overturned at mile marker 112, near Mesquite, causing a collision among other vehicles.
He said seven people were taken to Mesa View Regional Hospital in Mesquite. None of their injuries were critical, Fackrell said.
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Something is not right with all of these fatal motorcycle accidents this week. Is anyone looking into whether these incidents are related in any way? Statistically it is just not sounding right, but then again there is coincidence.
one car runs into 5 motorcycles. I wonder if they had any club patches on their back?
" Police could not immediately provide details about what caused the wrecks."
I think that people who have NO business being behind the wheel, or sitting on a motorcycle are the cause..
Club Patches??? C'mon Is1, what's that got to do with it? Being sleepy at the wheel,the heat, talkin on the phone, or even texting on the stupid phone. I honesatly doubt someone ran over riders because of thier club affiliation,if they did I feel sorry for them when the dust clears.
Road rage!
I think that there is a correlation between the heat and the horrible, obnoxious and self-centered driving that largely contributes to these horrible accidents.
motorcycles ALWAYS come out second best in situations like these; it comes with the territory. always wear a helmet, leather and turn the lights on.
I was at that accident on Friday night. The man driving the car was too busy looking at the other accidents in the North bound area and veered off the road and over corrected and the 5 motorcyclists didn't stand a chance. It's truly an unfortunate thing because this was certainly an avoidable accident. I hear there were 2 fatalities, I feel absolutly terrible for their families. This man will now set the example of why we need to keep our eyes on the road, and not worry about anyone else's accidents. The accidents going North bound weren't serious, fortunatly. What this man caused was life altering and deadly. God bless their families and friends.
there could be a guy picking his nose on the side of the x pressway, and literally thousands of commuters slow down to watch. these morons dont need a cell phone or PDA to cause accidents, they do it all on their own!!
OK... I KNOW these people, and they are like family to me. I also know exactly how the accident happened, and it was NOT their fault. Police annouced that they will be filing charges against the pinhead that was parked sideways on the freeway.
That sick bastard in the SUV was too busy focusing on the accident on the the other direction that he lost control and spun out. Instead of getting his vehicle into the breakdown lane, he just STOOD OUTSIDE OF IT. When my friends came over the rise, it was too late to avoid his car.
Yes, they were wearing there "cuts", but they are not one-percenters. I won't give out the name of the club to protect their privacy.
However, you should know that they spend every year raising money for dialysis patients, and get up early every Christmas morning to give bikes they have bought, had donated, or rehabed to under-priviledged children.
I can only thank God that none of them were killed..although one of them is just hanging on.
So THAT is the real story, straight from the mouth of one of the guys who was injured, and a dear friend.
For those of you who are judgemental about people who ride, remember that "one-percenters" is the term for the small number of scumbag bikers who cause the trouble. The other 99% are generous, caring, community oriented people who just love to ride.