Laconia accident
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Laconia accident
Please be safe this week if going to laconia
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CBS4) STODDARD, N.H. A deadly start to the annual Bike Week in New Hampshire.
Police say three people died Friday in an accident involving a car and seven motorcycles. The crash was in Stoddard, New Hampshire. The motorcyclists were on their way to Motorcycle Week in Laconia.
The accident happened during the noon hour on Route Nine in Stoddard, in the southwestern part of the state.
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CBS4) STODDARD, N.H. A deadly start to the annual Bike Week in New Hampshire.
Police say three people died Friday in an accident involving a car and seven motorcycles. The crash was in Stoddard, New Hampshire. The motorcyclists were on their way to Motorcycle Week in Laconia.
The accident happened during the noon hour on Route Nine in Stoddard, in the southwestern part of the state.
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RE: Laconia accident
Be aware and slow down .......you have the whole weekend to enjoy! If you try to hurry you might not get there at all . Ride safe so you can come back next year ![sm=smiley20.gif]
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I've recently moved from the southern NH area and have been attending Laconia Bike week since Eddie Lawson was racing there on the older KZ1000. What I've found out if you read into the accident reports it's usually the fault of the locals in the area since this is the busiest time for bikes in the area. Only on rare occasions it's the rider of the motorcycle screwing around. There's usually at least 3 fatalities every year due to negligence on the cagers part. It feels really strange being away from the rally for the first time but being here in northeastern tn is definately a plus.
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Fontaine, 39, of Chicopee, Mass., was one of three men killed when one motorcycle's swerve into oncoming traffic triggered a crash that also injured five people.
Stoddard said he and Fontaine stopped at a gas station in Stoddard on Friday morning, and met a group of five motorcyclists from Connecticut. They all decided to head east to Laconia together. Fontaine and Stoddard were at the back of the pack when one of the Connecticut motorcyclists collided with a Jeep traveling west.
The vehicle lost control and rolled over into the eastbound lane, according to state police, colliding with three other motorcycles.
Stoddard remembers seeing the Jeep coming downhill toward him, "just flipping and flipping."
"All I saw was that Jeep just turning," Stoddard, 41, of East Hampton, Mass., told The Keene Sentinel. "We didn't know where to go."
Stoddard's Harley hit the back of the Jeep, he said. But he managed to get off his bike, uninjured and fully alert. He ran to his friend, but couldn't find a pulse.
"I guess I feel lucky," Stoddard said. "How lucky can I be? I just lost my friend."
Also killed were Steven Leamy, 38, of East Windsor, Conn., and Larry McFetridge, 54, of Bristol, Conn.
Donald Greene, 43, of East Hartford, Conn., was flown to Dartmouth-Hitchock Medical Center, where he was in critical condition. Kurt Neligon, 46, of Granby, Conn., suffered a leg injury. Dean Stoddard, 41, of Easthampton, Mass.; was involved in the crash but wasn't hurt. A seventh motorcyclist was not involved in the crash.
The driver of the Jeep, Deborah Huston, 51, of Bowdoinham, Maine, was treated at the hospital and released, as were two of her passengers.
Stoddard said he checked on the other motorcyclists lying near the Jeep. He couldn't find a pulse on two of them, he said.
"They were all dead right away," Stoddard said. "Three of them were gone like that. The whole scene "was just a mess."
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Fontaine, 39, of Chicopee, Mass., was one of three men killed when one motorcycle's swerve into oncoming traffic triggered a crash that also injured five people.
Stoddard said he and Fontaine stopped at a gas station in Stoddard on Friday morning, and met a group of five motorcyclists from Connecticut. They all decided to head east to Laconia together. Fontaine and Stoddard were at the back of the pack when one of the Connecticut motorcyclists collided with a Jeep traveling west.
The vehicle lost control and rolled over into the eastbound lane, according to state police, colliding with three other motorcycles.
Stoddard remembers seeing the Jeep coming downhill toward him, "just flipping and flipping."
"All I saw was that Jeep just turning," Stoddard, 41, of East Hampton, Mass., told The Keene Sentinel. "We didn't know where to go."
Stoddard's Harley hit the back of the Jeep, he said. But he managed to get off his bike, uninjured and fully alert. He ran to his friend, but couldn't find a pulse.
"I guess I feel lucky," Stoddard said. "How lucky can I be? I just lost my friend."
Also killed were Steven Leamy, 38, of East Windsor, Conn., and Larry McFetridge, 54, of Bristol, Conn.
Donald Greene, 43, of East Hartford, Conn., was flown to Dartmouth-Hitchock Medical Center, where he was in critical condition. Kurt Neligon, 46, of Granby, Conn., suffered a leg injury. Dean Stoddard, 41, of Easthampton, Mass.; was involved in the crash but wasn't hurt. A seventh motorcyclist was not involved in the crash.
The driver of the Jeep, Deborah Huston, 51, of Bowdoinham, Maine, was treated at the hospital and released, as were two of her passengers.
Stoddard said he checked on the other motorcyclists lying near the Jeep. He couldn't find a pulse on two of them, he said.
"They were all dead right away," Stoddard said. "Three of them were gone like that. The whole scene "was just a mess."
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