MEDICINE HAT
POLICE SERVICE

MEDIA RELEASE

06-024382
Media Interest
2006-09-24 17:37 -
MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION - INJURY
KINGSWAY AVE SE AT SOUTH RAILWAY ST SE

Text Release Date and Time: 2006-09-24 18

SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2006, AT 5:22 P.M., MEMBERS OF THE MEDICINE HAT POLICE
SERVICE, MEDICINE HAT FIRE DEPT. AND E.M.S. RESPONDED TO A SINGLE VEHICLE
COLLISION WHICH OCCURED AFTER A TWENTY YEAR OLD MALE DRIVING A SUZUKI
SPEEDBIKE PERFORMED A CAT-WALK FROM THE LIGHTS AT KINGSWAY AVE.S.E. ONTO SOUTH RAILWAY ST. S.E. THE LONE MALE DRIVER FLIPPED THE BIKE BACKWARDS CAUSING THE BIKE AND DRIVER TO SKID ALONG THE PAVEMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A REST ON THE CURB OF SOUTH RAILWAY ST.S.E. THE MALE WAS TREATED BY E.M.S. AND RELEASED AT SCENE WITH UNDETERMINED INJURIES. THE DRIVER WAS CHARGED WITH PERFORMING IN A STUNT UNDER THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ACT.