NSB COPS: Woman passenger first biker fatality on beachside's Atlantic Avenue
Posted Sun, 2010-02-28 22:15
REPORTED HERE FIRST/BIKE WEEK 2010
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A woman on the back of a motorcycle whose operator collided with another biker going in the same direction on the beachside's Atlantic Avenue, became the first Bike Week-related fatality.
A woman passenger on the back of a motorcycle was killed when that bike's operator and another motorcycle going in the same direction northbound on South Atlantic, at the intersection with 5th Avenue on the beachside, collided about 4:30 p.m., New Smyrna Beach police said, with the man and woman being thrown from the bike.
The unidentified woman was transported by ambulance to Bert Fish Medical Center in New Smyrna Beach and later pronounced dead as a result of her injuries, police Sgt. Shane Riggle reported at 7:45 p.m.
Riggle said the male rider was airlifted by the Sheriff's helicopter to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach with serious injuries.
Police did not release names, until they can contact the family of the deceased woman. Police didn't indicate whether they were wearing helmets.
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