Motorcyclist Hit by Truck Last Wednesday in Buckeye

A motorcyclist was hit by a truck last Wednesday, and sent to the hospital in serious condition.

Larry Halcomb was riding his motorcycle, without a helmet, southbound on Watson Rd. when a truck trying to turn right onto Watson hit him. Halcomb was driving the speed limit and the driver of the truck, while not impaired, stated that she never saw the motorcycle. This is the most common cause of motorcycle accidents: DRIVERS JUST DO NOT SEE THEM!!

Motorcycle helmets are another topic I regularly discuss on this blog. This type of accident is the reason why. Everyone was doing what they should have been doing. No one was intentionally “breaking the law” or being reckless. Unfortunately, inattention and negligence resulted in a very serious trauma for Mr. Halcomb.

According to one of his co-workers, Mr. Halcomb normally wore a helmet, but it had been stolen recently. This really drives home how we can’t take chances with things like this, not even one time. This rider normally wears a helmet and one of the few times he doesn’t, he suffers severe injury. How do you like those odds? Do you know also that a majority of motor vehicle accidents occur within only a few miles of home? That quick trip to the store. “I’ll only be in the car for a minute and don’t need my seatbelt….”. Guess when the accident is going to happen? Yep.

As I was writing this I started wondering what options might be out there for someone who cannot afford a helmet. I came across the MCF Free Motorcycle Helmet Project website. The Michelle Combs Foundation was started by the Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity at the University of Arizona in her memory. Michelle was a passenger on a motorcycle that was hit by a car back in 2005. She was not wearing a helmet and died after being thrown from the cycle.

If you ride a motorcycle and don’t wear a helmet, please, take down my information, because you will very likely be needing it. I am a personal injury attorney and I can help you collect from the insurance of the at-fault driver, or, if necessary, I can assist your family collect from the same after you are gone. Hopefully there will be enough money for your family to pay for medical bills and some grief counseling. Of course, I won’t be able to properly explain to your children why something like this had to happen, but I will do my best to help them through the most difficult time of their lives.

Here is that website again: http://freemotorcyclehelmets.com/default.aspx