Houston Police Seek Suspect in Fatal Motorcycle Accident
A 29-year-old Houston motorcyclist was killed just over a month ago when his motorcycle collided with a car that pulled out in front of him. Police are searching for the driver of the car who sped away from the scene.
The motorcyclist, Taurus Cherry was driving westbound on W. Greens Rd. when a Mercury Mystique pulled out in front of him, causing Cherry to collide with the car. He was thrown off his motorcycle, and sustained serious injuries. The Mystique driver then ran over him, and drove away from the scene of the crash. At least one witness tried to follow the Mystique and stop the driver, but he failed to overpower the driver and passenger, who run away.
Cherry was rushed to the Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. The Houston Police Department is now looking for the suspect, who is believed to be a man in his 50s, and is being treated as a suspect in the fatal accident.
It’s not just Cherry’s death that is a tragedy here, but also the fact that the motorist simply drove away from the scene of the crash as if the life of another human being meant little which happens too often. It’s this kind of motorist callousness that Houston motorcycle accident lawyers keep warning against.
If you’re an avid motorcyclist, you’re aware that your chances of being involved in a serious or fatal accident are much higher than for motorists. Decades after the publication of the Hurt Report that blamed motorists for a high number of motorcycle accident fatalities, nothing much has changed. Motorcyclists are just as likely to suffer serious injuries or be killed in an accident, and most accidents are still caused by motorists who fail to yield right-of-way, or cut motorcyclists off.
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