Two hospitalized after motorcycle crash


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YAKIMA, Wash. -- A motorcycle crash Tuesday night near Wenas Lake sent the driver and passenger to Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center, according to the Washington State Patrol.

Ethen Hughes, 20, of Selah was traveling at a high rate of speed on a 2006 Suzuki GSX-R750 when the bike left Maloy Road about four miles north of the lake, police said. Hughes and his passenger, 20-year-old Melissa Jeffery, were thrown from the bike. Neither was wearing a helmet.

Police said there was no sign of drugs or alcohol at the scene. The motorcycle was ruined.



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Posted by golfinswan at 06/17/09 10:27PM        Post ID#: #5300

YHR- Please do a little more digging before you report and make these two sound reckless. The reason they were driving at a high rate of speed, without helmets, is that as they were on a run, with the motorcyle parked, they witnessed someone stealing their helmets, gear and wallets. While they may have made a poor decision chasing the suspect, they were not careless and reckless as you made them out to be.

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