That's all I can say.
I sit hear choking back tears at work as I type this... A good friend an co-worker of mine was killed with his wife yesterday...
They had kids, I don't know how old, I think one was a teenager and one was out of the house. In any event, Ty was the nicest guy you'd ever meet (funny how all people killed on motorcycles seem to be that kind of person).
http://www.journaltimes.com/nucleus/index.php?itemid=7677
BY MICHAEL BURKE
Journal Times
CALEDONIA — Two Racine County residents, a husband and wife, were killed in a car-motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Highway H and 4 Mile Road.
Tyrone Hall, 44, and his wife, Holly Hall, 43, had "massive" head injuries and were dead by the time police arrived at the scene, according to Caledonia police.
The authorities were unclear about the couple's address Sunday evening.
Police said the Halls were southbound on Highway H on a Honda Valkyrie motorcycle and passing other vehicles "at a high rate of speed," according to witnesses. Neither was wearing a helmet.
At 4 Mile Road, the motorcycle collided with a Chrysler Sebring driven by Daniel Casper, 75, of Milwaukee. Caledonia police said Casper had been eastbound and failed to yield the right of way to the motorcycle. The accident was reported at 2:48 p.m., and police said the Halls were dead when officers arrived five minutes later.
Police had Casper submit to a blood-alcohol test, which showed he had alcohol in his system. Charges of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle were pending Sunday.
With Casper in his vehicle were his wife, Joan, 71, and John Moulthrop III, 75, of Pennsylvania. Joan Casper was taken for medical treatment for a possible back injury, and Moulthrop was transported for an injury to his right arm.
The investigation will continue today, police said.
I heard about that on the news last night. My condolences go out to the family and to all of the friends of the family. No matter what you ride you should ALWAYS wear a helmet.
I'm always sorry to hear of these things happening. My condolences to the Hall family and to you and your co-workers in this time of loss. Words cannot express how sad this makes me.
Damn.....that's terrible. My condolences to all affected.
so many ways to prevent this from occuring... I am truely sorry Jeff.
thoughts and prayers
Struyk family
I don't know... when your time is up, your time is up. However, when you exit on a bike without proper gear it always makes people a bit more sad, and makes them constantly wonder 'what if'...
Would they have died with helmets on? I don't know. but I do know that helmets reduce 'major head trauma', and when that's the listed cause of death.....
Ugh. I just don't know. I'm just bummed right now over this one. Had he been wearing a helmet I want to believe it would have been easier for me to take... Ty also knew Rodney Klepsch(sp?) and talked of him often. He just missed coming out to BHF last round to see me race, and was planning on making one of the last 3 midwest rounds...
Sorry to hear this Jeff. My condolences to you and the Hall family for your loss.
A good friend of mine here in Janesville is an EMT/Firefighter with the city. He tells me the gruesome stories, now and again, as a reminder to strap one on. Major head trauma is preventable.
So many people out there keep saying "helmet doesn't matter, they would have died anyway". That kinda eats me though. You just don't know... What I DO know for a fact is that they are dead and they weren't wearing helmets.
Not only do we need to get people to wear there gear. We need to get these drunken a@#holes off the roads.
Sorry
Quote from: sryan296 on August 28, 2006, 07:53:21 PM
Not only do we need to get people to wear there gear. We need to get these drunken a@#holes off the roads.
Word.
Dude and his wife get smoked by a drunk who didn't yield and the first thing the news mentions is that a "witness" said they were speeding.
It's hard enough for family and friends to deal with without the media acting like they had it coming.
I'm very sorry Jeff...
Sorry Jeff, condolences Hall's, very tragic indeed.
Been there Jeff. I know how you feel. Sorry for your sorrow. All I can say is that it will eventually fade. Time heals all. For now, hang in there bro.
I went to a funeral today for one of my coworkers. He comitted suicide. Lotta "what if's" there, too. He is the third guy in my department of 22 positions who has killed himself in the 13 years I've worked there.
Always sorry to hear shit like this. I'd have a best friend still had he been wearing a helmet...car that hit him fled the scene too...
Sucks big time. Sorry for your loss man.
Thanks everyone. I'm trying not to be bummed over it, but you all know how it is.
I can just see his reaction and hear him if he was hearing his own story...
There he'd sit, hair slicked back, black beard, deep voice. 'wow. sucks dude.' LOL... that's about all he'd say. well, then it'd be 'so... wanna go get some lunch?'..
:-) okay. I feel better now...
:(
Here's the rest of the story:
http://journaltimes.com/nucleus/index.php?itemid=7693
08/28: In the end, family was on the agenda
Category: General Posted by: Editors
By Scott Anderson
Journal Times
RAYMOND — The Hall brothers and their wives were at a fair in Muskego on Sunday when their mother called.
She had some company come in from out of town and she wanted her sons and family to ride to her house in Sturtevant to be there.
It sounded like a good idea.
Tyrone Hall and his wife Holly left the fairgrounds first, pulling away on their Honda Valkyrie. They were followed by brother Guy and his wife, Cristie, on their Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail.
They left Muskego for Sturtevant that afternoon, traveling on the backroads.
They never made it.
The backroads were nice this time of year, Guy said, smooth ribbons of asphalt that cut through the countryside, green after recent heavy rains.
They traveled south on Highway H, when they came upon a slow-moving column of cars.
Tyrone moved to pass, pulling ahead of the three vehicles. Guy didn't think he could make it, so he hung back.
Moments later, Guy's big brother, the man who had been his protector all his life, and his wife, would be gone.
Guy remembers coming up on the intersection with 4 Mile Road that Sunday.
Replaying the events, he remembers how instantaneous everything was.
Following three cars, Guy watched as his brother's bike approached the intersection.
He saw a car traveling east on 4 Mile Road approaching the intersection, but it didn't look like it was stopping.
"I saw the car and thought, 'Oh my god, that car is going to hit them,' " Guy said.
It did, killing Tyrone and Holly instantly.
"I saw the whole thing," Guy said.
The family gathered at Tyrone and Holly's home in far western Raymond Monday, notifying relatives, retrieving important paperwork and making funeral arrangements.
"Right now, we're trying to realize it's real. It doesn't seem real," he said.
Guy spoke of his brother, describing him as a six-foot-three, 300-pound teddy bear of a man.
"He was a big, jovial guy," he said. "Being my big brother, he was always my protector and guider."
Tyrone and Holly would have celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary this December, as Guy spoke of the love the couple shared between them.
"They adored each other, she was the easiest going person you'd ever want to meet," he said. "She once said if anything ever happened to him, she wanted to be beside him."
Tyrone and Holly have two sons, Benjamin, 23, and Aaron, 19.
The couple owned River City Marina and Pets in Waterford for four years, selling the business within the last year.
Tyrone and Holly's motorcycle was struck by a vehicle driven by Daniel Casper, 75, of Milwaukee.
The Caledonia Police Department has forwarded its report o the Racine County District Attorney's office; Casper has not yet been charged in connection to the accident.
Investigator Gary Larsen of the Caledonia Police Department said the department extends sympathies to all families involved in Sunday's accident.