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Posted by: Timr---------------------
From Cyclenews.com
Neil Marriott, Matt Walker’s Pro Circuit/Kawasaki/Chevy Trucks team mechanic from South Africa, was killed early Saturday morning, March 6, in a head-on collision in Ontario, California.
According to California Inland Empire newspaper The Press-Enterprise, Marriott was driving north on the southbound side of I15 in his 1988 Toyota pickup when he hit 18-year-old Lauren Marie Daciolas, driving a 1998 Ford Mustang, on an interchange from the 10 west to the 15 south at about 2:30 a.m. Both died instantly.
Daciolas’ two passengers, Kaycee and Jessica Smith, suffered broken bones in the accident and were recovering in a San Bernardino County hospital.
-Am I reading this correctly? He was going the wrong way on the interstate at 2:30 in the morning?
Posted by: Okiewan---------------------
That's what it sounds like to me. 
Posted by: KiwiBird---------------------
Sad story - he's from South Africa where they drive on the left hand side of the road. I figure he just spaced and got on the wrong way.
Posted by: dirt bike dave---------------------
I don't mean to malign the deceased, but drunk driving fatalaties often involve a driver going the wrong direction on the freeway. Usually, the impaired driver thinks they are in the slow lane staying to the right, but they are actually in the fast lane going the wrong direction.
Posted by: MrLuckey---------------------
Are you suggesting that he was drunk?
Posted by: dirt bike dave---------------------
Wrong way on the interstate at 2:30 a.m. Drunk driving is the first thing that occured to me. Drunk or not, somebody's daughter is dead and two others are in the hospital.
My mother and I were in a head-on with a drunk driver when I was young, so I might be overly sensitive about the issue.
My condolences to the injured and the families of the deceased.
Posted by: marcusgunby---------------------
I think its bad to talk this way-lets wait till we hear the facts, it could be tiredness-not responsible behaviour but we have all been guilty of that.
Posted by: Okiewan---------------------
Good point Marcus, but... you have to know when to stay from behind the wheel, rather it's because you drank or because you are too tired. Either are irresponsible behavior with a 3,000 missile.
That being said, no matter the reason, I feel terrible for everyone involved, those with the loss and the driver having to live with it.
Posted by: dirty~d~---------------------
Two deaths is tragic, regardless of why or how.
Posted by: rickyd---------------------
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