(whadda waste…)
This news from Pete in Florida…
The deadly crash happened about 9 p.m. Monday south of Melbourne Beach and near Ballyshannon Street. Investigators said the impact came after Billy Lane — a custom motorcycle builder featured on Discovery Channel’s “Biker Build-Off” and “Monster Garage” — crossed a double yellow line to pass two other vehicles.
Lane’s custom-painted black Dodge Ram pickup slammed head-on into Gerald Morelock as he rode a moped, officials said…
…Morelock, who was wearing a helmet, was killed instantly in Monday’s collision, which the Florida Highway Patrol is investigating. A blood-alcohol test was conducted on Lane and sent to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement state lab in Orlando for evaluation. Test results, part of the traffic homicide investigation, could take up to eight weeks to return, although agents are asking for the tests to be given priority.
No charges have been filed in the case…
…Byron Morelock described his brother as a sensitive, fun-loving man who had quit his job as a child psychologist because he hated to see children suffer.
“Gerry was just the coolest cat,” said Morelock. “He could really make you laugh.”
Byron Morelock said he was awakened when police rang his doorbell at 3 a.m. Tuesday morning.
“They told me he was brutally killed,” Morelock said. “I was distraught, and the police stayed with me for an hour. They assured me the truth would come out. I just couldn’t believe it. We were close.”
It’s just sad and unfair that someone’s impatience, selfishness and blatant disregard for their fellow human cost the life of another.
9. September 2006 at 8:59 pm
The reports say ‘moped’ but I bet it was a Yamaha 180cc or other proper scooter.
9. September 2006 at 9:23 pm
Godamn impatient jackass! Even if he wasnt drunk, He should still get time for this. Manslaughter or something. People need to know that driving like a jackass has consequences.
10. September 2006 at 3:22 am
And he’s one of those REAL BIKERS… you know , the kind of guy who drives his Ford F150 to work daily and stores his Harley, Victory, custom-cruiser, or ‘chopper’ from August to May and roles it out of the garage three times a year for the weekend rally. A real biker.
10. September 2006 at 5:36 pm
The whole “Billy bad ass thing” just completely frazzles my brain. Not only dick-weed William Lane, but the whole lot of ‘em. I like their creations, but I loath their style. This asswipe and the Tuttles and whuzzizfuck, ahh – lemme think… you know that monster garage idiot… ah – well whatever – (oh yeah – jesse james) …all of the same “look at me ain’t I misunderstood/cool/pretty/bad-ass/rebel” horsecrap. They all take the same tack – you know what I mean… Oh I was a poor misunderstood youth, or I am a recovering alchoholic, or my great granddaddy was an outlaw, or i am a self made idiot, or fill in the blank.
They are just people who are like us, and the ones like Lane just simply screwed up – too bad he had to be a dick also. It would be whole different story if Nancy Reagan did the same thing in my eyes.
10. September 2006 at 7:29 pm
But you see.. He screwed up because he’s a dick
11. September 2006 at 6:48 pm
The sad new is not that Lane killed someone but that a comrad on 2 wheels was stupidly killed.
How about a picture of the victim instead of the fucker who killed him?
11. September 2006 at 10:50 pm
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3360863
Billy Lane Wrecked Truck That Killed Gerald Morelock on his Scooter Not a Moped as news stories say