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2008-06-03 7:16 AM

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Subject: Horrific/unbelievable - bike crash photo
MONTERREY, Mexico - A car has plowed into a bike race along a highway near the US-Mexico border, killing one and injuring 10 others.

Police investigator Jose Alfredo Rodriguez says the 28-year-old driver was apparently drunk and fell asleep when he crashed into the race.

A photograph taken by a city official shows bicyclists and equipment being hurled high in to the air by the collision.

Rodriguez says Juan Campos was charged with killing Alejandro Alvarez, 37, of Monterrey.

Authorities say the wreck happened 15 minutes into the race along a highway between Playa Bagdad and Matamoros.

Campos says he is an American citizen living in Brownsville, Texas. U.S. consulate spokesman Todd Huizinga said officials were looking into whether Americans were involved.

Edited to add: Whoops, didn't realize there was already a thread on this.

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2008-06-03 7:20 AM
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Repost

See the "needle" thread.

Very sad.

Edited by Coldfire 2008-06-03 7:20 AM
2008-06-03 7:22 AM
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How about life sentence in a Mexican  Prison.

That is such a terrible crash.   Loss of words............

2008-06-03 7:43 AM
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I saw this photo in my morning paper and was shocked. Noticed cnn.com had an article but didn't want to see it again. Too horrible.
2008-06-03 8:23 AM
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Subject: RE: Horrific/unbelievable - bike crash photo
the pic I saw was a closer up view It did not show the police officer swerving out of the way.

Was he dodging the car? Hard to say what I would have done but doesn't it make more sense to let the car hit me in a car, safely buckled up than plow into the cyclists? Again, hard to say what I would have done in the heat of the moment.
2008-06-03 8:55 AM
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2008-06-03 8:58 AM
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HOLY CHIT!!!  "Worst nightmare" is the phrase that comes to mind!

My thoughts and prayers go out to the family/friends of the rider who was killed and for the 10 injured racer:

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2008-06-03 9:08 AM
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I just saw this in my local paper.  Just awful to say the least.  Prayers to all the others involved and to the one guys family. 
2008-06-03 10:01 AM
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A thought about the pic...

We don't know, but if the cop was in front of the cyclists and escorting them, and I were that cop - I would have steered my car into the path of the drunk driver and taken him/myself out rather than let him plow into the racers.

... But that's just me.

2008-06-03 10:10 AM
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That makes me sick.... This guy should have never made it to the jail. Now he should be forced to look at this pic everyday for the rest of his life.... while someone beats him with a crank ... Man I hate drunk drivers!

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