Pickup driver arrested

[PedalUma]

This is fresh today from CNN. The driver killed two and injured 11.

Pickup driver arrested after crash with cyclists killed 2 and injured 11 | CNN

A man who drove a pickup into a group of bicyclists, killing two and injuring 11 people, was arrested on manslaughter and assault charges, police in Arizona said.

www.cnn.com

 

[PedalUma]

From local ABC News.
"One of the injured cyclists remained in life-threatening condition Sunday, police said." One of the killed was a woman. Let's hope it was not a young mother.

 

[fooferdoggie]

But it's Arizona so it may be legal to take out cyclists.

 

[scottsdalecommuter]

Very sad news. Very unsafe for cyclists on the roads out there. I bike commuted in Scottsdale for a while and saw some wild things and really bad driving and only getting worse with cell phone usage and distracted driving.

 

[Mr. Coffee]

And they talk about a "war on cars."

 

[PedalUma]

It was on a bridge! Even if they saw him coming the cyclists couldn't dive into the bushes. They were trapped.

 

[JGcycle]

God, that's horrible--those poor souls.

 

[PedalUma]

Many will be broken for life. What about their communities? Lost contributions? Their children and spouses! It is horrible.

God, that's horrible--those poor souls.

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[tomjasz]

But it's Arizona so it may be legal to take out cyclists.

How ridiculous.

 

[rich c]

Our city participates in the Ride of Silence, consider organizing in your area. The Ride of Silence is an internationally observed ride taking place the 3rd Wednesday of May and starting at 7PM. This is a silent and slow paced ride to HONOR those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways, to RAISE AWARENESS that we are here, and to ask that we all SHARE THE ROAD. https://www.rideofsilence.org/main.php

 

[fooferdoggie]

How ridiculous.

all you have to do is look at what happens to drivers who kill cyclists. often just a traffic violation unless there is proof they did it on purpose. it happens all the time. a car gives you so much immunity.

 

[PedalUma]

Arizona, like Texas, is weird. People go grocery shopping packing guns as if that is normal and functional. And, other weird anti-social, things are commonplace. There is too much fear and hate. It makes some feel good to fear and hate with a vengeance. Part of this killer's sentence should be to ride ten Centuries on a bike using the same route as those he killed and maimed. IMHO. What's yours?

 

[fooferdoggie]

Arizona, like Texas, is weird. People go grocery shopping packing guns as if that is normal and functional. And, other weird anti-social, things are commonplace. There is too much fear and hate. It makes some feel good to fear and hate with a vengeance. Part of this killer's sentence should be to ride ten Centuries on a bike using the same route as those he killed and maimed. IMHO. What's yours?

on a little kids tricycle.

 

[m@Robertson]

all you have to do is look at what happens to drivers who kill cyclists. often just a traffic violation unless there is proof they did it on purpose. it happens all the time. a car gives you so much immunity.

Unfortunately, in the USA at least this is right on the money. I've experienced it myself, the hard way. The cops did everything they could to try and blame the victim (me) even though I was driving, with headlights, at 15 mph in a 40 mph zone. In a bike lane. And the driver claimed she never even saw me (SMIDSY situation). The police officer did at least say she was the cause of the accident - she T-boned me after stopping to merge, and then merging right into me from a parking lot - but the officer also said that since it was early evening, the safe bicycle speed for conditions may have been only 3 mph. Seriously. Three. She wasn't cited at all.

But her insurance company paid quite a bit in medical bills, my ebike etc.

 

[PedalUma]

The perpetrator, accused, has been identified.

Man jailed in Arizona crash that killed 2 cyclists, hurt 11​

Pedro Quintana-Lujan is jailed on suspicion of two counts of manslaughter, three counts of aggravated assault, 18 counts of endangerment and two counts of causing serious injury or death by a moving violation. Murder. What's with the bullet hole?

 

[Mr. Coffee]

Part of this killer's sentence should be to ride ten Centuries on a bike using the same route as those he killed and maimed. IMHO. What's yours?

People who do stuff like this should also get a lifetime ban on getting a driver's license. On top of the criminal charges.

 

[ruffruff]

Just crazy!
I want to commute to work so bad, but there are a couple sections of bike lane that are only separated from the traffic by painted lines. No thanks!

 

[PedalUma]

The police will hold a news conference today. Both of the dead it appears are women. I am not yet sure of the critical one in ICU. One of the injured was 65 and worked in a Trek shop. I am not sure about the others. IMO this is not manslaughter. It looks to be intentional homicide.

 

[m@Robertson]

I saw that bullet hole in the window and wondered what that was all about?

 

[fooferdoggie]

I saw that bullet hole in the window and wondered what that was all about?

-well it is Arizona so maybe one of the cyclists took a shot at him.