Rider killed when motorcycle hits mailbox
Posted: October 15, 2012 at 6:47 a.m.
A motorcyclist died Sunday after his 2008 Harley Davidson ran off the road and hit a mailbox, authorities said.
Terry W. Nichols, 59, of Fort Smith was riding north on South Albert Pike Street near South S Street in Fort Smith when the motorcycle went off the road at a curve, Arkansas State Police said. It happened shortly before 8:45 a.m.
According to a preliminary report, the motorcycle then crashed into the brick-and-concrete mailbox. Nichols was dead at the scene.
Nichols is the 409th person to die in a traffic accident in Arkansas so far this year, according to preliminary figures.
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.....and they say guns are bad. I don't believe 409 people have been killed by guns in Arkansas so far this year.....
Posted by: DNC
October 16, 2012 at 6:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Ban mailboxes.
Posted by: Moneymyst
October 16, 2012 at 7:07 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
concrete and bricks are hard when hit at a high rate of speed. Maybe they should make it a law that we use square bales of hay to mount our mailboxes on.
Posted by: oldrustynut
October 17, 2012 at 5:06 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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