The sad thing is...this is sort of thing is common on 69 hwy. About a month ago while returning home I came up about 1/2-3/4 of a mile behind a guy on a crotch rocket trailing some other car pretty closely. They were about to crest a hill on a double yellow line and the guy just couldn't wait anymore apparently and decided to swerve into the opposite lane and gun it to pass. Well...about that time a black Ranger came over the hill and nailed him head on. The guy went off the bike and through the windshield of the Ranger, causing him to lose control and roll a few times down an embankment. I stopped immediately as did 2 other guys coming the other way who saw it, but whoever was in the car ahead of the bike just kept going. To add to my pissed-offedness was the fact that, despite standing IN THE MIDDLE OF A F@*KING HIGHWAY, I couldn't get anyone to stop for about 5 minutes (in which time at least 20 cars past). This is why I always carry my cell phone now. I know the guy on the bike was DOA and I'm almost positive the guy in the truck died. And all because this moron wanted to pass a car. I don't feel at all bad for him...I feel bad for the guy in the truck who crested the wrong hill at the wrong time. The highway just needs to be 4 lanes.
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1984 1/2 GT350 (#842 Hatchback w/ T-tops)
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