Drunk Driver Kills Bicyclist
Thanks to our member ‘markdun’ for sending me this story. He saw the report on Channel 3 News last night and immediately emailed me. This is another sad case of a bicyclist getting killed by a drunk driver…this time at 3:15pm near the intersection of Desert Inn and Sandhill.
Read the complete story on Channel 3 News Online:
http://www.kvbc.com/global/story.asp?s=10617488
If anyone finds out the identity of the bicyclist, please comment below or send me an email.
BE SAFE EVERYONE!
Tags: bicyclist killed by drunk driver, channel 3 news report, cycling in the news, local cycling news
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Here, I uploaded the newscast:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXYpfmqdPhA
Charlie Montanza Charged with Felony DUI for running down a bicyclist resulting in death, near Sandhill and Desert Inn in Las Vegas.
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:07 pm
just saw it a few minutes ago on channel 3. the name of the cyclist: Gary Lommason. A retired Military man.
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:38 am
Thanks Cale for sharing this newscast and Don for giving us the name of the bicyclist. It’s so important that our state get tougher on drunk driving. This is the second incident within 2 or 3 months now.
July 4th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Sad story. I agree with tougher drunk driving laws, unfortunately, my ideas of “tougher” would not be allowed by the ACLU. The laws are fairly tough already, so, why are there parking lots at bars?
July 13th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
After reading the entire story, the thing that kept buzzing through my head was another subject near and dear to my heart. He was driving a suburban. I believe that is a very large car. I am waiting for the day when we all drive these fast light, all electric vehicles. Can you imagine had he been hit by an aptera? He probably would have gotten up and smacked him instead of this horror. I say we need to get those monsters off the road.
I agree with Cokecop, that the laws are plenty tough. The answer lies in other things. I think big cars being taken off the road is another factor.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
this is terrible!
a retired military man: even worse, this is not the treatment they deserve.
i didn’t see this on the news but am sickened to hear this kind of report as i ride my bike almost every day. but the news is not much better with car accidents: what can you do?
when i ride my 12 miles to and from work i wear VERY visible clothing: lime green bathing suit bottoms, pink shirts, crazy socks, and always always a bright orange bandana flying from my backpack. its imperative to follow all bike and motorist rules of the road and to not be cocky in assuming everybody knows bikes have the right of way. just yesterday some idiot made a right turn in front of me causing me to crash into his bumper, despite the fact i was in my own bike lane (on alta dr.) all the way to the right. another motorist stopped to see if i was OK, but it still proves it could have been a nasty situation b/c too many people still just DON’T pay attention!
my advice is to be over visible and over cautious: wear those neon yellow socks from that 80’s party! sport a rainbow clown wig under your helmet! stop at all intersections (where applicable) and take a look around, then move with cars for protection.
it could save your life.
ride safe!