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omega man

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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY Police: 19-year-old NH man charged after ‘intentionally’ causing deadly motorcycle crash.​




www.boston25news.com

Police: 19-year-old NH man charged after ‘intentionally’ causing deadly motorcycle crash

A New Hampshire man is facing a slew of charges for allegedly causing a crash that killed a motorcyclist and injured another driver on Wednesday night.
www.boston25news.com www.boston25news.com

LITCHFIELD, N.H. — A New Hampshire man is facing a slew of charges for allegedly causing a crash that killed a motorcyclist and injured another driver on Wednesday night.

John Burke, 19, of Hudson, is charged with reckless manslaughter, negligent homicide, first degree assault with a deadly weapon (car), aggravated DUI causing serious bodily injury, reckless conduct with a deadly weapon (car), witness tampering, and vehicular assault.

Litchfield Police Chief Daniel Jones initially said Burke was charged with 2nd degree murder, but then retracted the charge in an updated statement saying, “the 2nd degree murder charge is not being brought at this time.”

According to Litchfield Police, officers responded to a crash notification around 9:17 p.m. from Toyota Safety Connect, along with a 911 call, in the area of Route 102 between Cutler Road and Woodburn Road.


Arriving law enforcement agencies found that a Toyota Corolla, driven by Burke, and a Mitsubishi Outlander had been involved in a head-on collision.

Officers also located an unresponsive man wearing a helmet on the shoulder of the road, and his motorcycle in the wood line. The man was pronounced dead at the scene and his identity is not being released at this time.

Burke was transported to Southern New Hampshire Medical Center for minor injuries and the driver of the Mitsubishi was treated for minor injuries on scene and released.

According to authorities, a subsequent investigation of the crash determined the collision between Burke’s Toyota and the motorcycle was intentional.


Police say Burke pursued the motorcycle into the oncoming lane, causing the motorcycle to crash and Burke’s Toyota to collide with the Mitsubishi head-on.

Authorities also allege Burke was drunk at the time of the crash.

He will be arraigned at Merrimack District Court on Thursday.

As the incident remains under investigation, anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact the Litchfield Police Department or New Hampshire State Police Major Crimes Unit.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.

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OM
 
Another bad move in the news-
Driver about to miss their exit stops in middle lane and turns blinka on…… hoping to cross a couple of lanes.


:eek :doh

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OM
 
According to a social media post, someone who is friends with him on Facebook shared (without screenshots) that this person was bragging about getting drunk and driving for days leading up to the incident and boasting about his reckless behavior. Throw the book at him.
 
omega man said:
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Motor rider made a mistake of engaging the cage in a road rage incident. The motor will lose every time. Forethought over emotions goes a long way to not being knocked off the motor by some crazed cager. Why give a cager any more reason to road rage to begin with?
 
brownie0486 said:
Motor rider made a mistake of engaging the cage in a road rage incident. The motor will lose every time. Forethought over emotions goes a long way to not being knocked off the motor by some crazed cager. Why give a cager any more reason to road rage to begin with?
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All true, but the felon was in the mini-van, not on the bike. But his lawyer will say he had to do it because he feared for his life, I am sure.
 
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r0ckrat said:
Van driver arrested on charges of second degree assualt, unlawful use of a weapon and failure to perform the duties of a driver (hit-and-run).

katu.com

Driver arrested in Beaverton road rage crash on Hwy 26; Charged with hit-and-run, assault

Police have arrested the driver accused of crashing into a motorcycle rider on Highway 26 during an apparent road rage incident on Monday morning.
katu.com katu.com
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Second degree assault, but no battery? Assault is/can be a verbal or physical threat. Once physical contact is made, it's always supposed to be assault AND battery. In this case, I'd argue that 2nd degree attempted homicide is more appropriate. You don't use your car as a weapon against a motorcycle at freeway speeds, and expect the motorcyclist to survive. This driver attempted to murder the biker. Arguably, not premedicated, but the cage driver's intent was unquestionable.

The biker was also an idiot, possibly criminally at fault, as well. But that doesn't entitle someone to commit capital murder.
 
Moral of the story, don't ride a motor and get into a road rage scenario with a cager. Glad to see they caught the cager and have charged him. As for charges, a smart DA brings charges he/she believes can get a conviction. There's likely some shared culpability in any civil trial.

In Oregon, assault is defined as an intentional attempt to do violence to another, coupled with the present ability to carry out the intention. It can involve the threat of physical violence, requiring an act that would put a reasonable person in fear for their safety. Battery, while not a separate charge in Oregon, refers to unlawful physical contact that causes harm. It involves the actual, intentional, and unlawful touching or striking of another person against their will.
 
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Motor rider made a mistake of engaging the cage in a road rage incident. The motor will lose every time
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When Debbie and I were dating I was driving my 6 cylinder car on the interstate a semi cut us off. I passed and flipped him off.
Things got scary for awhile and I realized the smallest vehicle rarely wins in a confrontation.
Debbie let me know it was a dumb ass move on my part.
 
lee said:
When Debbie and I were dating I was driving my 6 cylinder car on the interstate a semi cut us off. I passed and flipped him off.
Things got scary for awhile and I realized the smallest vehicle rarely wins in a confrontation.
Debbie let me know it was a dumb ass move on my part.
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When I was a kid something similar happened to us and my dad took the half empty beer from between his legs and threw it at the side of the semi. Times sure have changed...
 
I'm going to copy and paste what happened Nov 2023 while on the 16RS that I posted on a SD forum. It got dicey for a few minutes but the cager didn't get as stupid as he could have which may have resulted in his needing medical attention or a coroner responding to the scene.

"This morning I went out on the motor to meet up with some others on motors for coffee and gab. I stopped at Chevron close to the house to get some gas, filled up and pulled out onto the main 2 lane road heading south. The station is at a major intersection [ 2 wide lanes on each ].

Sept 2022 the state passed a filtering law where motors can run to the front of the line between cages if they are stopped at a light [ I did just that this morning ]. Most cagers don't know about the newer filtering law and there's many examples since it's passed that cagers have opened doors seeing the bike rolling up between them. The state didn't do a great job of advertising the new law, so many people still think it's illegal [ the motor rider is breaking the law ]. I don't normally filter but this morning with the wide lanes it was easy to move up front to the stop bar.

Upon the light turning green I rode off and moved to the right lane ahead of traffic. Within 150 feet, a Mercedes comes flying up on my left and swerves into my lane barely missing my front tire and comes to a full stop in the lane. I hit the brakes enough to activate the abs module and end up just about 3 feet from his bumper. I instantly move to neutral and put the side stand down.

While I'm doing that, he jumps out of the Mercedes and starts approaching me. He's yelling about I violated the law, I can't do that, blah blah blah. I point to my Cardo unit on the side of the helmet and tell him he's been recorded in this incident and though I didn't violate the law, he has, and I have it on film.

He moves back to his car and leans into the vehicle. I pull the 5 shooter from my back pocket and place it on the tank bag, my off hand covering the gun from view. He straightens up and he's retrieved his cell phone [ instead of pulling a bat, tire iron, knife, gun etc ].

Come to the back of the motor and takes a picture of my plate [ because I told him he'd been filmed which he had not, but it's not what you know it's what you think you know that becomes ones reality. He gets back in his car, I throw the 5 shooter into the tank bag and we're on our way.

I've mentioned carrying 5 shooters in back pocket carry often enough here. Now, had I had a belt holster on, I'd have not been able to retrieve the 5 shooter in time [ maybe there might be enough time had he pulled a firearm but I doubt it ]. Instead, the 5 shooter in the back pocket was in my hand in less than a second and before he straightened up after leaning in his window.

He, nor anyone else knew I had the 5 shooter in my hand sitting on the tank bag. There's no furtive movement necessary to retrieve the revo like there would be trying to get to a belted firearm on a holster on my hip [ which would draw considerably more attention from passing motorists moving by us in the left lane, particularly having to unzip the jacket and then retrieve a pistol.

It was near subconsciously drawn and in my hand long before he stood back up from leaning into his window. We both got lucky I suppose. Me, because he didn't hit me due to my abs brakes. Him, for not pulling a weapon of some kind while he was enraged in the middle of the road. HR was up, BP probably same. Adrenaline had kicked in the moment he leaned into his vehicle to retrieve something.

Back pocket carry has proved beneficial several times over the years when time was short and the threat or potential threat was imminent and deescalated the event PDQ when one thinks they have the upper hand and in the blink of an eye, are staring at the muzzle of the revo.

Stay vigilant, the crazies are out there and one never knows when they may have to pull heat on some road rager etc."

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Only the 3rd time in 58 years of riding all over the US. My hope is there's not a 4th time before I'm done riding motors. We're easy targets for crazies on the road, and God knows there's more crazies on the road coming out of the woodwork all the time in the US. Oh, and I don't ride through states that don't allow 2a rights, and this example is one great reason why.

The first time, I was dumped off the motor at 65mph by a drunk teen who thought it would be exciting to kick me off the motor at the speed. That was 82 and took 8 months to get my shoulder back to operational. Broke nearly the full left side of my bodies bones with ripped rotator cuff, pulled ligaments etc. In that incident, the state police caught the cager 40 miles down the highway as a cage behind us got the plate number. I was working for the AG's criminal division and wanted him charged with attempted murder. The boss told me I didn't want that as if it's intentional the ins co. may not cover the loss as it's then "not an accident" and I may find I had to go to court in a civil suit to recover damages to the motor and my person. I took his advice and let the lesser charges be filed.

The second time was a road rage incident I tried to avoid and the cager wouldn't let me, forcing me to escalate his violent behavior around 95/96.

Others here may scoff at the idea of being able to defend themselves and that's fine too. All I can say about that is "you do you and I'll be me". I'm not alive by accident but by design. Forethought has always gone a long way in my world. Oh, and I can ride in 80% of the US only leaving 10 states I won't ride through/in.

This incident in Oregon is being discussed presently on the SD forum I mentioned as there are loads of motor riders who stay heeled on that site. I know there's members here who do likewise because several have pm'd me with support for staying heeled while riding. A few of them feel as I do, making the national in some states just isn't in the cards.
 
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