Reckless Driving Causes Another Serious Motorcycle Crash in North Texas
Another freak motorcycle accident this week sent a woman with critical injuries to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas after she was ejected from a motorcycle and fell two stories over a barrier to the service road below.
20-year-old Leah Sanchez was the passenger on 21-year-old Lazaro Torees-Perez’s motorcycle heading westbound on the George Bush Turnpike. Torees-Perez sped up and attempted to pass a car on the one-lane ramp from the turnpike to the Dallas North Tollway. His bike hit a concrete barrier and Sanchez was flung off the back down 16 feet to the road below. She was not wearing a helmet.
Torees-Perez, from Sanger, was charged with reckless driving and released from the Colin County Jail today on bond.
This is just one of several tragic motorcycle crashes this week but more ironic, this type of motorcycle wreck is one that’s becoming all-too familiar. Back in September, two 18-year-olds were killed when they hit a barrier and were flung over the side of a ramp from the George Bush Turnpike to 161 in Irving. And just this past Monday, an Arlington man was killed when he was ejected off his bike and fell 30 feet after hitting a barrier on a ramp from Texas 161 to Texas 183 in Irving.
All I can say is that these riders need to slow down on area ramps and curves. Motorcyclists need to learn from these tragic accidents and practice caution while riding—and remember, always wear a helmet!
Contact the Anderson Law Firm at 817-294-1900 for a free consultation if you or someone you love has been seriously injured in a motorcycle crash.
Photographs courtesy of WFAA.com.
