June 3, 2008

Driver under the influence kills one in Mexico

This happened 15 minutes into a bike race or tour (depending on what article you read) in Monterrey, Mexico. A drunk or under the influence of drugs (again depending on what article you read) driver apparently "fell" asleep (passed out maybe?) and ran into this group of riders. Amazing only one person was killed, 10-12 others were injured.

I know it is a nasty picture to look at and should have had a disclaimer to it, but maybe the shock value is good to make some people realize how quick lives can change in a split second, when one individual gets behind the wheel, drunk or drugged or whatever. ............

One death is one to many when this could have been TOTALLY avoided! VERY SAD........

STAY SAFE OUT THERE!

4 comments:

teamwelliver said...

Just horrible! i saw that this morning and didn't know if I should be angry, sad, want to kill drunk drivers, or throw up.

Tez said...

I know it! It is very sad.

bikingbrady said...

There was a picture in the Mexican newspaper that I'm pretty sure was the guy who died. Highly inappropriate....scarred me for life!

Tez said...

That is VERY inappropriate! The crash picture itself is scary enough. In some of the pics it looked like there had been a police escort leading the race/tour that swerved out of the way allowing the driver to hit the bikers.