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Don Henry (16) and Kevin Ives (17) – on 23 August 1987, a 75-car, 6,000-ton Union Pacific locomotive en route to Little Rock, Arkansas spotted two boys lying motionless across the tracks, [165] who were run over by the oncoming train. They also claimed they were wrapped in a green tarp. [166]
Motorcycle racer Tim Choate: September 24, 2004: 49 American Actor Los Angeles, California Simon Milward: March 4, 2005: 40 Humanitarian motorcyclist Mali: Norberto Napolitano "Pappo" February 24, 2005: 54 Argentine Rock musician David Macpherson: August 31, 2006: 82 Scottish Nobleman Collided with dustcart (garbage truck) seven weeks prior ...
In total, 104 riders have died from incidents that occurred at Grand Prix motorcycle racing events, with Ben Drinkwater being the first in 1949. Three riders died in the 1940s; twenty-nine in the 1950s; twenty-seven in the 1960s; twenty-four in the 1970s; fourteen in the 1980s; two in the 1990s; one in the 2000s; three in the 2010s; and one in ...
Twenty-two members and associates of the Bandidos were arrested in Little Rock on February 22, 1985, as part of a nationwide law enforcement operation against the club. Five of those arrested were charged under the Continuing Criminal Enterprise Statute , the first time the law had been used in Arkansas. [ 13 ]
A motorcyclist has died after striking a deer early Monday morning near Conway.. William Pryor, 58, died from the accident that happened around 1:30 a.m. on Old Bucksville Road near Keysfield ...
He was returning home from working on his racing vehicles when the fatal crash occurred. Dennis Brain: 1921 1957 36 years British horn virtuoso car Triumph TR2: Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom Was returning home from the Edinburgh Festival when the car collided with a tree. Ed Brandt: 1905 1944 39 years American baseball player car
BMW Motorrad is the motorcycle brand and division of German automotive manufacturer, BMW. [1] It has produced motorcycles since 1923, and achieved record sales for the fifth year in succession in 2015. With a total of 136,963 vehicles sold in 2015, BMW registered a growth of 10.9% in sales in comparison with 2014. [2] In May 2011, the 2,000 ...
Geoffrey Ernest Duke OBE (29 March 1923 – 1 May 2015), born in St. Helens, Lancashire, was a British multiple motorcycle Grand Prix road racing world champion. [1] He raced several brands of motorcycle: Norton, Gilera, BMW, NSU and Benelli. [2] After retirement from competition, he was a businessman based in the Isle of Man.