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xoxoxoBruce 06-02-2008 11:12 PM
June 4, 2008: Impact
 
From Flickr.
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Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico(Monday June-2-2008) Seven competitors from yesterday cyclist race were severely injured after being hit by a drunk driver, one of them died and other three were hospitalized. The drunk driver was arrested after the rest of the participants tried to lynch him.

30 year old Alejandro Alvarez, from Brownsville,Texas, was pronounced dead on the scene, while Alejandro Salvador Tamez, 18, Juan Machaita, 38, and Guadalupe Martinez,, 16, were severely injured.

Cyclists were participating in a race from Matamoros to Bagdad Beach, when drunk driver Jesse Campos, a Brownsville, Texas resident, in his Ford Grand Marquis, license 659-FKF from Texas, impacted seven cyclists, even as they were being escorted by Local Transit Officials.
http://cellar.org/2008/cyclists.jpg

Bullitt 06-02-2008 11:26 PM
Yard sale!!
Also nice work on the cop's part.. don't want to scratch up that new Dodge police cruiser.

Cloud 06-02-2008 11:39 PM
wow. knocks out that whole "you can never get a picture of an accident" thing

Flint 06-03-2008 12:02 AM
Yeah, good thing that cop was there. Serve and protect.

Cloud 06-03-2008 12:07 AM
Remember, these are Mexican cops. More like the Decepticon cop: "to punish and enslave"

lumberjim 06-03-2008 12:07 AM
they had it coming. you know these are the schmucks that normally ride on roads that follow creeks through the woods that have no shoulder.....that constantly cause near accidents, and then give you attitude for blowing your horn as you pass them. yet another reason that i wish i kept a paintball gun in my car.

newtimer 06-03-2008 12:56 AM
"Really, officer, it was an accident. I was just driving along when suddenly a swan with a broken wing fell out of the sky and landed right on my windshield. It blocked my view!"

Kagen4o4 06-03-2008 02:06 AM
is that some guys helmet coming off or his whole head?

jaufrec 06-03-2008 02:55 AM
lumberjim, are you saying that these cyclists are of a type who constantly cause near accidents by breaking the law or riding in an unsafe manner? Or are you arguing that their mere presence on certain roads is unsafe and puts the burden of responsibility on them in case of a collision?

SPUCK 06-03-2008 03:54 AM
It looks to me like they were going, or coming in this direction, in both of the wrong lanes..

Sundae 06-03-2008 06:13 AM
Ah horrible.
The human body is so vulnerable.
It's so sad that these were people in prime physical condition - probably exercised daily, didn't smoke, didn't drink too much, looked after their bodies and what they put in them.

Then wallop. Just because some arsehole thinks the law doesn't apply to him and he's a safe driver no matter how much he's swilled down, it's all over for one of them. And physical therapy rather than exercise is on the cards for another three.

Amazing picture though.

binky 06-03-2008 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by SPUCK (Post 459039)
It looks to me like they were going, or coming in this direction, in both of the wrong lanes..
Actually, they were traveling on the right side of the road, weren't they? Look at the street signs.

DanaC 06-03-2008 07:37 AM
They had it coming? Jeez, one of them died. Right there in that picture we are seeing his final moments.

dar512 06-03-2008 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by lumberjim (Post 459005)
they had it coming. you know these are the schmucks that normally ride on roads that follow creeks through the woods that have no shoulder.....that constantly cause near accidents, and then give you attitude for blowing your horn as you pass them. yet another reason that i wish i kept a paintball gun in my car.
LJ, sometimes I think you're all right.

This isn't one of those moments.

Scriveyn 06-03-2008 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by binky (Post 459055)
Actually, they were traveling on the right side of the road, weren't they? Look at the street signs.
Which means the police car is on the wrong side - so, were the police trying to block the path of the drunk driver and was the drunk driver avoiding collision with the police car?


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