rider dies at 8 a.m. in Slatington on SR873 on September 29, 2004. He was prononced dead when the state police arrived. He hit an SUV. The driver of the SUV sustained minor injuries. No name or further detail were availible in the paper.

 

that sucks !!!
R.I.P.

 

1 Dead, Another 'Critical' After Motorcycle, Car Collide On Route 873

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP

Lehigh County

A 50-year-old Lehighton man was killed Wednesday morning when a sport utility vechicle coming in the opposite direction on Route 873 in Washington Township, Lehigh County, crossed the center line and hit his motorcycle head-on, state police said.

Lamar Haupt, an ordained minister and security officer, was pronounced dead at the scene after the collision with an SUVdriven by Harold Schmick, 48, of Jim Thorpe, at 8:10 a.m. near Hillside Road, state police in Bethlehem said.

Police said Haupt, who was wearing a helmet, was thrown 50 feet from the bike. Schmick is listed in critical condition at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township, hospital officials said. He's using a respirator.

Haupt had worked with the Lehigh Law Enforcement Officers Association, a private security company that works at several Lehigh Valley events, including the Allentown Fair, for more than five years, according to James Spang, the company's owner.

Spang said Haupt, a lieutenant and chaplain with the security company, was to work a 9:30 a.m. funeral procession in Allentown on Wednesday morning.

''He did not have to be at work and he was probably taking the scenic route,'' said Spang, adding that the motorcycle Haupt was riding was a company bike used during parades, funeral processions and other events. ''He was probably coming in early to polish the bike so it would look good for the funeral. That was his normal routine. That's the type of guy he was.''

Spang said Haupt had graduated from a motorcycle riding course with the Philadelphia Highway Patrol in June 2003. He said he had just spoken to Haupt the night before when he worked Parent-Teacher Night for Northern Lehigh High School and normally worked security at the Main Gate Night Club at 17th and Liberty streets.

 

I'm 16 years old. Since I heard about KWB I wanted to get a bike so bad but, this kind of **** makes me not wanna ride

 

its because alot of people dont watch for people on bikes most accedents arent caused by the bike but by someone pulling out in front of them and stuff like that.

 

Live to Ride Ride to Live but theres more people i hear dead then alive anymore since the begining of 2004 5 of my personal friends are dead and about 4 other people i know... My teacher Mrs. Cari Pogwist died giving birth my friend James Hill got shot in the head My friend Joey Buearo got killed in a car accident and my Friend Bernie B. Died of a Heart Attack and my other friend Justin B. also died in the same car accident that Joey did man 2004 really sux