16 yr old dies

MR DANGLES · 07-29-2008, 05:13 PM

saw this on another fourm. only 16, stunting and on a R1. the 3 don't mix. my prayers go out to his family. R.I.P

RIVERSIDE A 16-year-old Riverside boy doing stunts in a high school parking lot crashed his new 2008 Yamaha R1 motorcycle into a classroom building, and died a short time later, Riverside police said Sunday.

Coroner's officials identified the teen as Austin Lee Allen, 16, of Riverside.

Riverside police Sgt. Dan Reeves said the motorcycle rider was initially believed to be a student at Martin Luther King Jr. High School, where the crash was reported at 7:22 p.m. Saturday.

Witnesses said Allen was riding the Yamaha alone in a parking lot at the
School, in the 9300 block of Wood Road in the south Riverside area of Woodcrest, according to police and coroner's accounts of the crash.

Allen was doing a variety of high-speed stunts when he lost control of the Yamaha and crashed into the classroom, Reeves said. Allen was wearing a helmet, but he was pronounced dead at 8:18 p.m. at Riverside Community Hospital, Reeves said.

Matty - RR · 07-29-2008, 05:16 PM

yep... saw that on a SoCal forum earlier today. from what i heard it was an accident, he wasn't stunting.

sad news, RIP.

not sure why a 16 year old had an R1.

Knoxvillan · 07-29-2008, 05:35 PM

R.I.P. even taking precautions, fiding a lone parking lot, and wearing gear...it can still happen and get ugly fast. reminds me not to take life for granted, b/c you just never know when your card will be pulled.

bonzo · 07-29-2008, 09:37 PM

maybe he had been riding bikes for a few years. Some kids start riding at like 13. He might have been capable of handling the R1 u never know. Some kids are huge at a young age . . .

rest in peace.

Karsten750 · 07-30-2008, 03:19 AM

Sad story . It is not only the young ones who get hit. An old friend of mine was out last summer riding his racebike where he would teach the young guys how to ride a bike. He used to go roadracing back when he was young and he was pretty good/fast. But now he ended up crashing and is in a wheelchair. He should have shown the new guys to drive safely.
from dk

Mindgame · 07-30-2008, 01:36 PM

damn poor kid. Prayer to his fam.

MrBig · 07-30-2008, 02:27 PM

Read it in the local paper. His father said that he had been riding his whole life and was an experienced rider, but says son was not doing tricks before the crash.
"Witnesses said Austin was going more than 100 mph when he lost control, couldn't turn in time and smashed into a white stucco wall..."

http://www.pe.com/localnews/riversid...9.468de74.html

Knoxvillan · 07-30-2008, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBig

Read it in the local paper. His father said that he had been riding his whole life and was an experienced rider, but says son was not doing tricks before the crash.
"Witnesses said Austin was going more than 100 mph when he lost control, couldn't turn in time and smashed into a white stucco wall..."

http://www.pe.com/localnews/riversid...9.468de74.html

who stunts at 100 mph?? and in a school parking lot

MrBig · 07-30-2008, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Knoxvillan

who stunts at 100 mph?? and in a school parking lot

16 year old w/ an R1 unfortunately

Knoxvillan · 07-30-2008, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrBig

16 year old w/ an R1 unfortunately

true that, very sad. I just don't get the mentality of younger people...now that im an old fukk.

cutter · 07-30-2008, 03:26 PM

Damn, Dangles, how can you post such a serious and sad story with that new avatar...?!?!?!?

Sad about the 16-year-old...

I agree with Knox, tho, that the facts don't quite jive -- who stunts in a parking lot at over 100 miles per hour?

bonzo · 07-30-2008, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBig

says son was not doing tricks before the crash.

Did you miss this part Knox?

Knoxvillan · 07-30-2008, 04:11 PM

I must have but I read it in this one. I must be suffering from post forum fatigue!

Quote:

Originally Posted by MR DANGLES

saw this on another fourm. only 16, stunting and on a R1. the 3 don't mix. my prayers go out to his family. R.I.P

RIVERSIDE A 16-year-old Riverside boy doing stunts in a high school parking lot crashed his new 2008 Yamaha R1 motorcycle into a classroom building, and died a short time later, Riverside police said Sunday.

Coroner's officials identified the teen as Austin Lee Allen, 16, of Riverside.

Riverside police Sgt. Dan Reeves said the motorcycle rider was initially believed to be a student at Martin Luther King Jr. High School, where the crash was reported at 7:22 p.m. Saturday.

Witnesses said Allen was riding the Yamaha alone in a parking lot at the
School, in the 9300 block of Wood Road in the south Riverside area of Woodcrest, according to police and coroner's accounts of the crash.

Allen was doing a variety of high-speed stunts when he lost control of the Yamaha and crashed into the classroom, Reeves said. Allen was wearing a helmet, but he was pronounced dead at 8:18 p.m. at Riverside Community Hospital, Reeves said.

MrBig · 07-30-2008, 04:21 PM

Father contradicts himself in the story I posted.
"The father of a Riverside teen disputes initial reports that his son Austin Lee Allen died while performing stunts on his new motorcycle"
"Was he doing high-speed turns? Yes. Did he pop a wheelie? He might have. Were there single tracks with burnout? No. When I saw the tire marks, I saw no sign of high-speed stunts."

VIZuki · 07-30-2008, 09:32 PM

Well I would never stunt an R1..maybe if you've had the bike for years but who needs all that power to stunt anyways...maybe a 750 but wow thats to much power for stunting.