Hilliard Police Investigating Serious Accident
HILLIARD, Ohio – The Hilliard Police are currently investigating a serious crash between a bicyclist and a truck. Police tell NBC 4, preliminary reports show both the bicyclist and truck were both going westbound at the time of the accident at Cemetery Road and Norwich Street. The cyclist was taken to OSU Main in critical condition. The intersection will be closed until the investigation is complete.
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I think that it’s interesting that on the day of the accident the ONLY media that had a story on this was WTTE Fox 28 and Channel 6. It was a video story on the actual news. Why did everyone else bury it?
It’s weird how this story got buried by the TV media. The man hit was a prominent member of the columbus cycling community. There has been no followup at all. Thank god for the Dispatch. The man driving was drunk at 6am and his passenger was Gabe Spiegel. I think its funny how there seems to be a an active attempt among the TV stations to not report any of the facts of this case. I’m not saying Gabe is at fault but going on with life with no acknowledgment of the incident(check his inane banter on his twitter account) proves that he is a true douchebag. If I were in a car where the person driving was drunk and killed someone, I would have shown some kind of remorse or guilt. I now cannot trust any local news reported in Columbus. How do I know I am getting any kind of accurate information. The channels provide the details they want and the anchor people have no souls… nice.
WHY didn’t ABC/Ch. 6 announce that their anchorman, GABE Speigel, was in the truck that killed this cyclist? What was Gabe doing in a vehicle with a drunk at that hour? WHY the silence from ABC/Channel 6?
i see 4 lanes. you’re telling me that a driver couldn’t manage to navigate around a cyclist? c’mon…
the driver was obviously self absorbed and inattentive and careless.
i hope it ruins his life.
hossua,
The only alternatives I consider are the available side roads. When I do ride on main rides (which I’ve done: High Street, Summit, Webber, Spring Street, Indianola) I take my appropriate lane position. If the involves taking the full lane, I will. I have never once experienced a moment where a driver could not pass within a reasonable amount of time.
I don’t ride on the streets to prove something and I don’t feel I am risking my life. I’ve taken every precaution I can, including cycling classes, to help me ride and be seen. I ride on the streets because it’s the safest, easiest and quickest way from A to B.
The sarcasim in the oiriginal comment by hossua34 displayed ignorance with regards to the danger of ridig on the sidewalk. Only defensive riding has kept me from getting hit several times on the sidewalk/biketrail know as the 670 Trail. Even COTA drivers coming out of the VA Clinic parking lot are blind to cyclists on the sidewalk/bikepath, though they have the right-of-way over any vehicle leaving the parking lot. Add to this all the branches and other vegetation that overgrow the path and strike you in the face, or the way that city workers leave grass littering the bike path when they cut the grass *(a big hazzard, and bigger after a rain), and the safety of riding off the street is questionable.
Should we let the semi driver off the hook because someone had the “bad judgement” to drive a smart car, or a 4-cyclinder subcompact? The point made about the imappropriateness of a bicycle in that environment is applicable here, too. By this logic, we should all drive Hummers. The second comment is even more ignorant than the first. I doubt that hossua34 has anywhere near the 4000 miles on the road that I have this year, and Steve’s mileage makes my mileage look rather amatuerish. He rode a lot. Those of us who do understand that the road is the proper place for a bicycle, not the sidewalk, and for more reasons than mentioned above, can onlyt shake their heqads at these comments by an inexperienced rider such as this other poster, and agree that a better public education campaign is a good idea. As for thinking that motorists are out to get me, please…..
For all of us who know Steve and have ridden countless miles with him through the years it’s almost impossible to relate what a save rider he is. To suggest this, or any, cyclist was in some way culpable because they were in the roadway is an absolutely contemptible remark.
Erich, you are the one displaying ignorance in this case. Either that or you simply lack reading comprehension skills. I specifically said it was NOT the cyclist’s fault, and I personally give bicycles an excessive amount of leeway when I pass them. If you’re looking for a “vindictive” driver who is purposely dangerous to bikers, you’re preaching to the wrong person.
Try using common sense here. Put aside any indignation you feel because you think that all the drivers are out to get you. You have a two-lane road, with a speed limit of 35 or above, and two-ton vehicles are barreling down that road at AT LEAST that fast. Often there is traffic in both lanes, and virtually no opportunity to move over to safely pass a bicycle… Then running down either side of that same road you have a very low-traffic sidewalk in perfect shape, but you’re not allowed to ride on it. I understand that you are ENTITLED to ride in the roads, but that doesn’t mean it’s always a good idea when there are alternatives available.
Yes, razz, riding on the sidewalk makes you less visible to traffic. But you know why it DOESN’T make you more likely to get hit by a car? Because that’s not where the cars drive.
Look, I own a bicycle. I use it all the time to go places nearby. But I will gladly ride down the sidewalk and risk that ticket because I can see anyone walking from yards and yards away, and it is unbelieveably easy to slow down and steer around them (easier than squeezing past a biker in rush hour traffic, at 30 mph). I know, from experience, that a lot of drivers are stupid and I will LOSE in a head-to-head with a car. Sorry, I don’t feel like risking my life just to prove I’m entitled to something.
There is no excuse for hitting Steve on this road.
I travell it weekly at the same time, often to ride with him during the winter months. Steve would wear not only a reflective vest, but also a multitude of lights. I have witnessed him being visible from more than a half mile under the light level that existied at the time of the accident. This act of negligence or worse did not happen to some guy on a bike- it happened to a very observant, law-abiding and accomplished cyclist. And it must have happened quickly, becasue Steve always used a rear view mirror.
The earlier post saying bicycles should remain on sidewalks is unfortunately indicitive of the ignorance that endangers cyclists and pedestrians alike. Cyclists have equal legal rights to the road (and responsibilities), but are often put at risk by rude or vindictive drivers. There needs to be a campaign to raise the awareness of the driving public with respect to the rules involving bicycles and pedestrians. A queestion or two on the exam for a drivers license is insufficient.
To the Republican: here is a guy who sent very little money to the oil exporting Jihadist countries by hardly ever driving a car. To the Democrat: Here is a man who has a truly micro sized carbon footprint. All because of Steve’s love of cycling. We owe all of our cycling citizens a driver education campaign to combat the dangerous ignorance shown by the post from hossua34. Steve, our prayers are with you.
To bikedonna, can you tell me Steve’s condition? I’m on Yay Bikes and we’re wondering how he is doing. Is there anything we can do? How’s his bike? You can write to me at razzmatazz11@hotmail.com
Thank you very much.
Jazz
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