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The story blaming motorcyclists doing stunts on a highway for setting off an SUV-against-SUV collision is not as simple as initially portrayed by news outlets.

According to the latest news stories in St. Louis, it turns out the 16-year-old Ford Explorer driver was a stunt enthusiast (who wanted a bike) who had talked to the stunters at a gas station and then followed them, in the opposite direction he was originally going, driving down the highway in the next lane, just behind the motorcyclists.

Witnesses said that the riders dove from the fast lane to an exit but did not “cut off” the Explorer, leaving it plenty of room. But the Explorer in the center lane then swerved into a Suburban in the right lane, sending it off the highway and resulting in several occupants being ejected.


Opinion:

What we think is that the kid just dove for the exit to follow the riders some more, didn’t look first, plowed into the Suburban, then blamed getting “cut off” by the riders.

See related posts:

8/27/2004 Note To Irate Readers Who Apparently Didn’t Catch The Reference To A Ford Explorer Doing A Wheelie: It’s Called S-A-T-I-R-E…

8/26/2004 Rider Claims He’s Innocent In Alleged Stunt-caused SUV Crash

8/26/2004 Stunt Riders Earn Negative National Headlines For Allegedly Causing Auto Accident