Wheelie crash injures 3 children

[RevHappy]

Taken from CNN



NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP) -- A motorcycle doing a wheelie in a parade lost control and crashed into the crowd Sunday, seriously injuring three children.

Two 11-year-old girls and a 7-year-old boy were in critical but stable condition at a local hospital, according to broadcast reports.

Witnesses said the motorcyclist was doing a stunt with the front tire off the ground when he lost control and the motorcycle flew into the crowd, landing on the children.

Police apprehended the motorcyclist and were investigating. No charges had been filed Sunday evening.

The parade celebrated local residents who helped elderly people fix up their properties and cleaned up their neighborhoods during the city's 42nd annual Freddie Fixer Day on May 8.

[RevHappy]

I was leaving foxwoods yesterday and saw all the bikes I knew there had to be somethintg going on there was hundreds of bikes.

[MissTwisties]

fuck! WTF was he doing a wheelie in a crowd of people? I hope he pay for that! I am very sad for those kids, I hope they recover.

[MissTwisties]

"A motorcycle doing a wheelie during the Freddy Fixer Parade shot into the crowd, seriously injuring three children Sunday.

"I just saw it (the motorcycle) heading for the crowd and I saw the crowd separating and I was hoping they would get out of the way," said witness Cheryl Corey, sobbing in her curbside chair.


"It started flipping and it just went right into the crowd. The kids probably never saw it coming — I brought my whole family here. It could have been us."

Two of the children, a 9-year-old boy and his 11-year-old sister, were in critical condition Sunday.

Police said the boy, Pat Millinghouse, suffered serious injuries to his head and neck. He took the brunt of the impact.

His sister, Amy Walker, and their friend, Lyntina Cook, 11, also were struck. Police said the siblings were visiting from New York. Cook was in serious condition.

The motorcyclist, Malvin Howard, 24, of Hartford, was not injured. Howard was initially taken into police custody, but no charges had been filed against him as of late Sunday.

People from the Yale Child Study Center came to the scene to offer counseling in case children were traumatized after witnessing the accident.

People along the parade route said Howard was doing a stunt on his Suzuki racing bike when he fell off the back. The bike began flipping end over end and then careened into the crowd.

Frantic witnesses tried to apply pressure to the young boy’s wounds. Two of the children were unconscious, witnesses said.

Crime scene tape blocked off the section of Dixwell Avenue at Harding Place. Pieces of the yellow bike were scattered on the roadway.

For about an hour, the driver of the motorcycle sat in the rear of a squad car, still wearing his helmet.

Witnesses said he was riding with the Flaming Knights motorcycle club.

Scores of bikers from several different clubs participated in the parade. Throughout the route, young people on all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes sped up and down Dixwell Avenue.

Before the crash, a few motorcyclists were scolded by police for spinning tires or doing wheelies along the route.

This is the second time in three years the parade has been marred by tragedy. In 2002, Ky’ell Sesler, 21, was shot to death during a fight on Dixwell Avenue just as the parade stepped off. "

[beet]

kids r allways yelling wheelie wheelie in the hood
i would love 2 do 1 for um but it aint safe 2 do no
wheelies on my street even thoe i have .
only takes 1 time