Thomas Lynch charged in 16-bike pileup near Chicago

Driver charged in 16-bike pileup near Libertyville
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A Florida man is accused of causing a 16-bicycle pileup after
cutting in front of the group on St. Mary's Road in Libertyville
Township, authorities said.

Lake County sheriff's Sgt. Christopher Thompson said the incident
happened about 9:05 a.m. Saturday. He said three bikers suffered non-
life-threatening injuries.

Thomas Lynch, 57, of Fort Lauderdale, was charged with improper lane
usage and failure to provide aid and information. The charges are
misdemeanors.

Lynch was driving a 1996 GMC Sierra truck north on St. Mary's Road
near Everett Road when he passed the bicyclists on the left, cut back
to the right lane and slammed his brakes, Thompson said today.

All 16 bikers fell in a pileup to avoid the truck, Thompson said, with
some winding up in a ditch.

Chris McNally, 31, and Grant Davis, 26, both of Chicago, were treated
for minor injuries. Thompson said Robert Willems, 39, of Chicago, was
treated at Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.

Lynch kept driving after the cyclists went down and then telephoned
sheriff's police to report side-view mirror damage. Thompson said
Lynch followed a direction to return to the crash scene.

Thomson said Lynch first told deputies he heard a thump while he was
driving and thought a bicyclist punched his truck. Police said Lynch
later stated he jammed his brakes in front of the bikers because he
didn't want to hit a squirrel.

Read more about the story in Friday's Daily Herald.

Misdemeanor, my ass.

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Driver charged in 16-bike pileup near Libertyville
By Bob Susnjara | Daily Herald Staff Writer Contact writerPublished:
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A Florida man is accused of causing a 16-bicycle pileup after
cutting in front of the group on St. Mary's Road in Libertyville
Township, authorities said.

Lake County sheriff's Sgt. Christopher Thompson said the incident
happened about 9:05 a.m. Saturday. He said three bikers suffered non-
life-threatening injuries.

Thomas Lynch, 57, of Fort Lauderdale, was charged with improper lane
usage and failure to provide aid and information. The charges are
misdemeanors.

Lynch was driving a 1996 GMC Sierra truck north on St. Mary's Road
near Everett Road when he passed the bicyclists on the left, cut back
to the right lane and slammed his brakes, Thompson said today.

All 16 bikers fell in a pileup to avoid the truck, Thompson said, with
some winding up in a ditch.

Chris McNally, 31, and Grant Davis, 26, both of Chicago, were treated
for minor injuries. Thompson said Robert Willems, 39, of Chicago, was
treated at Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.

Lynch kept driving after the cyclists went down and then telephoned
sheriff's police to report side-view mirror damage. Thompson said
Lynch followed a direction to return to the crash scene.

Thomson said Lynch first told deputies he heard a thump while he was
driving and thought a bicyclist punched his truck. Police said Lynch
later stated he jammed his brakes in front of the bikers because he
didn't want to hit a squirrel.

Read more about the story in Friday's Daily Herald.

psycholist wrote:

Misdemeanor, my ass.


Around here, it's a really bad idea to ask people to misdemeanor your ass.

--
Bill Asher

William Asher wrote:
psycholist wrote:

Misdemeanor, my ass.


Around here, it's a really bad idea to ask people to misdemeanor your ass.


I was recently told, by someone reviewing a draft of a paper I'm writing, that I use far too many commas. In this case, a comma is a wonderful thing.

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:47:03 -0700, wrote:

Driver charged in 16-bike pileup near Libertyville
By Bob Susnjara | Daily Herald Staff Writer Contact writerPublished:
9/27/2007 11:39 AMSend To:

A Florida man is accused of causing a 16-bicycle pileup after
cutting in front of the group on St. Mary's Road in Libertyville
Township, authorities said.

Lake County sheriff's Sgt. Christopher Thompson said the incident
happened about 9:05 a.m. Saturday. He said three bikers suffered non-
life-threatening injuries.

Thomas Lynch, 57, of Fort Lauderdale, was charged with improper lane
usage and failure to provide aid and information. The charges are
misdemeanors.

Lynch was driving a 1996 GMC Sierra truck north on St. Mary's Road
near Everett Road when he passed the bicyclists on the left, cut back
to the right lane and slammed his brakes,

Yep, he's from Florida.

William Asher wrote:
psycholist wrote:

Misdemeanor, my ass.


Around here, it's a really bad idea to ask people to misdemeanor your ass.


Since everything is legal, you've got to do something pretty heinous!

On Sep 27, 7:32 pm, Fred Fredburger
wrote:
William Asher wrote:
psycholist wrote:

Misdemeanor, my ass.

Around here, it's a really bad idea to ask people to misdemeanor your ass.

Since everything is legal, you've got to do something pretty heinous!

What's the difference in intent between cutting over and stopping
dead, and backing over them? Not much IMO. this should've been assault
with a deadly weapon at least. Autos are just as much weapons as
firearms. They need to lock up scumbags who intentionally use either
to hurt others for a minimum of 5 years before the deabte even begins,
and ban plea bargains for those offences.
Aint gonna happen in either case though.
Just as an aside the NRA has been lobbying for this on firearms for
years.
Bill C

Dan Connelly wrote:

William Asher wrote:
psycholist wrote:

Misdemeanor, my ass.


Around here, it's a really bad idea to ask people to misdemeanor your
ass.


I was recently told, by someone reviewing a draft of a paper I'm
writing, that I use far too many commas. In this case, a comma is a
wonderful thing.

In your case I would rather you use carriage returns and line feeds.

--
Bill Asher

Fred Fredburger wrote:

William Asher wrote:
psycholist wrote:

Misdemeanor, my ass.


Around here, it's a really bad idea to ask people to misdemeanor your
ass.


Since everything is legal, you've got to do something pretty heinous!

You mean heinie-ous right?

--
Bill Asher

Bill C wrote:

What's the difference in intent between cutting over and stopping
dead, and backing over them? Not much IMO. this should've been assault
with a deadly weapon at least. Autos are just as much weapons as
firearms. They need to lock up scumbags who intentionally use either
to hurt others for a minimum of 5 years before the deabte even begins,
and ban plea bargains for those offences.

I agree, the guy is a douche, but they probably can't hit him with anything
else. What will make him stand up and take notice are the civil suits
for injury and damages that will start coming in. The misdemeanor charge
should make it harder for him to claim he was innocently driving along and
shouldn't be liable for damages. But then, I'm only a dirtbag, not a
dirtbag lawyer.

--
Bill Asher