Besot. Haven't heard that used in years :-)
Just curious... If someone got killed while drunk driving and happened to be driving a Tesla or other electric car would that make it EV related news? On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 1:20 AM, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > http://tucson.com/news/blogs/police-beat/cyclist-falls-off-bike-and-dies-in-hospital/article_df34ea82-6334-11e5-9e0f-6fb3b34f926a.html > Cyclist falls off bike and dies in hospital > [20150924] • Carmen Duarte > > A cyclist who fell off his electric-powered bicycle died Wednesday at > Banner-University Medical Center Tucson, police said. > > The cyclist was identified as Joseph Brzuchalski, 49, said Sgt. Pete Dugan, > a Tucson Police Department spokesman. He said alcohol appears to have been > a > factor in the crash. > > On Monday at about 5:30 p.m., officers responded to South Fourth Avenue and > East Ninth Street for a report of an injured cyclist in the road, said > Dugan. > > Officers found out that the man had fallen off his bicycle. Tucson Fire > Department paramedics treated the man and took him to the hospital with > life-threatening injuries. > > During the investigation, police learned that the crash was captured on > video by a city streetcar, which was traveling south on Fourth Avenue about > half a block away from the cyclist, Dugan said. > > The video showed that the cyclist was originally heading east on Eighth > Street and then turned south on to Fourth Avenue. He was traveling along > the > western curb area and no vehicles were in the road. He also did not enter > into the rail tracks, said Dugan. > > The cyclist was seen adjusting his backpack, which appeared to cause him to > lose his balance. He then fell to the ground where he struck his head. He > was not wearing a helmet, said Dugan. > > As of January, there have been 42 traffic fatalities in the city, compared > to 23 at this time last year, according to police statistics. > [© 2015 Arizona Daily Star] > > > > > https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2015/09/24/tucson-man-dies-after-falling-from-electric-powered-bike/ > Tucson Man Dies After Falling From Electric Powered Bike > ADI News Services September 24, 2015 > > [image > https://arizonadailyindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/4th-8th.png > ] > > On September 21, 2015 at approximately 5:30 p.m., Tucson Police Department > officers responded to the area of South 4th Avenue and East 9th Street for > a > report of an injured cyclist, 49-year-old Joseph Brzuchalski, who had > fallen > off of an electric powered bicycle.</p> > > Tucson Fire responded to the scene and immediately transported Mr. > Brzuchalski to Banner University Medical Center with life threatening > injuries.</p> > > During the investigation it was revealed that the collision was captured on > video by a Sunlink rail vehicle. The Sunlink vehicle was traveling > southbound on 4th Avenue about a half a block away from Mr. Brzuchalski. > The > video showed that Mr. Brzuchalski was originally eastbound on 8th Street > and > then turned southbound on to 4th Avenue. He was traveling along the western > curb area with no vehicles in the roadway and did not enter into the rail > tracks.</p> > > Mr. Brzuchalski was seen adjusting his backpack, which appeared to cause > him > to lose his balance. Mr. Brzuchalski then fell to the ground where he > struck > his head. He was not wearing a helmet.</p> > > On September 23, 2015 Mr. Brzuchalski succumbed to his injuries and was > pronounced deceased at Banner University Medical Center. Alcohol appears to > have been a factor in the collision. > [© arizonadailyindependent.com] > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > http://evdl.org/evln/ > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Besot-helmetless-AZ-e-cyclist-lost-balance-fell-fatally-struck-head-tp4677781.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150926/131a051f/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
