After seeing all of the coverage on Michael Jakscht who on March 25, 2010 claimed he was distracted by shuffling through papers and didn’t see eight motorcycles he plowed into with the sanitation truck he was driving, has been charged. Phoenix police arrested him on suspicion of driving under the influence of methamphetamine. I began to wonder if one of the bikers involved in this horrific accident hadn’t been a Phoenix Fire Captain, would the Phoenix police have acted in such a expedient manner? I sadly think they would have not!
All around the United States, you hear stories about motorcyclists who are seriously injured and killed by automobile drivers who are just too preoccupied or simply not paying attention, and unless they are fortunate enough to hire a experienced motorcycle accident lawyer, many times they are treated as if they were the cause of the accident.
I have read about many motorcycle accidents where there was clear evidence that the biker involved was clearly not at fault, but in the way that many police departments view and deal with bikers when they are the victim of a motorcycle accident leads me to think that bikers are considered something of a second class citizen by police.
Does it really take the death of multiple motorcyclists, one who was a Fire Captain of the Phoenix Fire Department to make the police do their job, or is a 6 week wait for lab results just an excuse? Again i reiterate, that if Ernie Lizarraga wasn’t one those injured that the Phoenix Police Department would not have succumbed from public pressure to fully investigate this horrible tragedy in a more timely manner.
Eight motorcycles carrying nine people were stopped at a traffic light at Carefree Highway and 27th Drive Thursday when the large sanitation truck driving eastbound failed to control its speed, striking the rear of the motorcycles and four other vehicles, police said.
Three motorcyclists were killed at the scene: Clyde R. Nachand, 67, Stephen Punch, 52. Both men were riding Harley Davidson motorcycles. Daniel L. Butler, 35, also died. He was on a Honda motorcycle, police said.
A Phoenix fire captain remained in critical condition Friday. Three of the remaining victims were in serious condition. One motorcycle rider was treated and released, according to police. The sixth victim is a motorcycle rider that did not receive any injuries, said Luis Samudio, spokesman for the Phoenix Police Department.
The sad and scary part of this is that everyday motorcycle riders around the U.S. are hit by automobile drivers and they are left almost without recourse because the police failed to either fully investigate, or improperly investigated the accident leaving the accident victims to deal with aftermath.
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