Thank God there has not been as many accidents so far as there have been in past Bike Weeks. As of today, Friday May 14th with just the weekend left, there has been one fatality with a motorcycles rider. Despite a safer week than usual, one is way to many and way too tragic. The accident which occurred yesterday during the Harley - Davidson Cruising the Coast Spring Motorcycle Rally took the life of James Marlow, a 28 year old resident of Ocala, Florida, who was killed while riding his motorcycle on U.S. 17 Bypass near Shetland Lane. He died due to multiple trauma that he suffered from the accident when he was struck from behind while slowing down to make a left-hand turn. The driver of the vehicle that hit him, an 18 year old Myrtle Beach woman, was not injured and was driving an Oldsmobile. The woman had a passenger with her who was taken to the hospital, with injuries not known at this time.
Hopefully this will be the only fatality this bike week. With this exception, it has been a relatively safe bike week this year.
