Stray Dog Causes Deaths Of 4 Bikers On Way To Daytona
POSTED: Thursday, October 20, 2005
OSTEEN, Fla. -- Troopers say a stray dog in the road began a series of chain reaction accidents that killed four motorcyclists.Investigators said that the motorcyclists were riding on a rural road on their way to the first day of the 4-day Biketoberfest motorcycle festival in Daytona Beach.Investigators say one motorcycle wiped out after hitting the stray dog on State Road 415 just north of Deltona, causing another motorcyclist to lose control.Another biker and his female passenger stopped to help when two Honda Civics crashed into them.Authorities said a 44-year-old man, his 36-year-old wife and the 47-year-old woman who stopped to help were killed. A fourth person later died at a Daytona Beach hospital. A fifth person was treated and released.Troopers say the cars that hit the motorcycles weren't speeding.It was not known if the dog that was hit was killed or survived the accident.
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