I was coming back from lunch headed south on 75 around mockingbird at about 1pm. All of a sudden everybody slams on their brakes. The girl that was with me and I noticed that about 20 cars ahead every lane just stopped and past that it was wide open. A minute or so later we get up to the scene and in the middle 2 lanes, the bike was in several pieces.

I was in the right hand lane since I thought I was going to have to exit and they had pulled the cop to that shoulder. I was within 15 feet of him and he was laying on his stomach with his head turned towards us with his helmet still on. His face was Navy Blue and he was laying in a pool of blood. There were about 6-8 people there around him and nobody was attempting to resuscitate him. It was pretty obvious that he was gone.

On the 6pm news, they just had a 10 sec quick report that someone leading a funeral procession had lost control and his status was unknown. I imagine they are notifying next of kin. My niece was about 2 minutes behind me and by the time she got to the scene, the ambulance had scooped him up.

I'm sure there will be more on the 10 o'clock news since they completely shut down 75 south for a while.

The image of his face keeps popping into my head throughout the day. I've never seen somebody that blue in the face and obviously dead.

I said a prayer for his family because at that point, they were completely unaware.

BTW, that was suppose to be the sad face.

Although it does anger me that so many people risk their lives to ride stupid ass motorcycles that have no business being on the highway. I can't believe law enforcement still uses them.

Dead people, especially law enforcement types, are never a good sight.

prayers here

I saw a motorcyclist killed just in front of me in Denver two years ago. He had ran into the back of a dumptruck.

By the time I got to him they had quickly thrown a tarp over him but I will never forget his boots sticking out from under it.

I can only imagine what you must have felt today.

I am sorry you were there...

Prayers for the policeman, his family and you...



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i was driving on 2818 and saw a bicyclist who had been hit by a car and killed. the bronco-ish vehicle was lying on it's side on the right side of the road, the driver was on the left side of the road, crumpled up (i believe he survived), and the bicyclist was in the middle of the road, crumpled, with his head in a pool of blood. i had to manuever between him and the car. there were people crying by him, and i stopped to see if they needed any help, they said no, that he was gone, and they had called 911. like you, his face and that image stuck with me for a long, long time. i still cringe everytime i see someone riding a bike or jogging along 2818. when possible, i even change lanes to move away from them.

i'm sorry you had to see that, and my prayers, also, are with the policeman's family.

I am sincerely sorry you had to see that.

When I was 17 I saw a schoolate's decapitated body, still sitting upright in his car (minus the the top of the car). When I was 20 I watched man get cut in half from about 50 feet away. The image of his feet twitching in his boots has never lessened in my memory.

Anyway, all I can say is pray for his soul and pray for his family and don't spend too much time dwelling on what your saw. Sadly, sh** really does happen with no apparent ryhme nor reason.

In 1996 I found a dead body behind the tap in the drainage ditch by Sutter's Mill apartments. The sight of the body still haunts me at times. That case was never solved.

Wow. I was still in CS in 96. Don't recall hearing that one (although I am not doubting you). I did know that there were a number of people running drugs out of that apartment complex to the west of the Tap.

I saw a guy get hit from behind while he was pushing his car. He was thrown about 10 feet high and about 20 yards out. I remember his face pressed on the pavement. I was about 10 years old.

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I saw a guy get run over by a dump truck. He was on his bike trying to squeeze between the truck and the curb as the truck was making a right hand turn. Ran out of room and fell off his bike and under the rear wheels of the dump truck. I guess all the pressure from his displaced internal organs was too much because his small intestines came shooting out of his right foot.

is this the "I can top your dead guy with the dead guy I saw" thread?

Where is Himmel?

I once saw a dead guy on the news. He had killed his ex-wife and shot his son and killed another person.

Cops shot and killed him and they showed him dead on the road.

I was heading southbound on 75 and was diverted around the scene. I didnt know what it was until now. I figured it was either an accident or they were doing construction. Moments before that, we passed the funeral line of cars and my gf made a comment of the policemen in the funeral line as I explained that most funerals get police escorts. Kinda wierd that we were talking about this and that was infact what happened.

I have many stories as well but feel that it isnt appropriate for this thread.

Many prayers for the family.

Has this been on the news because I haven't seen any mention of it..might have just missed it though.