By Daniel Betts
In the early afternoon of July 12 a motorcycle rider came upon a construction zone 30 km south of Valemount behind a vehicle that had suddenly stopped for a flagger who was directing traffic. The motorcycle rider attempted to go around the suddenly stopped vehicle off the pavement. The motorcycle rider hit his brakes and wiped out, sustaining severe injuries.
Emergency personnel arrived on scene and proceeded to perform CPR on the victim. The motorcycle rider was rushed to the Valemount Health Clinic however the victim was reported to be dead on arrival.
Traffic on Highway 5 at the accident scene was restricted to single lane alternating traffic as investigators worked through the afternoon and evening on the scene.
All travelers on Highway 5 and Highway 16 are advised to be aware of construction and roadwork in the area.
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Dear Editor.
Please re-read Mr. Tookey’s account of the accident. NOwhere does he mention that the helmet was non-DOT compliant. THAT is what the Canadian Lone Wolves are most interested in.
ANY helmet can/may come off during a bike accident, as well as shoes, boots, and even socks. It’s the RCMP assumption that JC would be wearing a non-DOT helmet that has us all frosted beyond belief.
I would like to thank Mr.Tookey for coming forward and giving us his statement that clears up quite a few questions.
We hope that you will stay on top of this story, and report on the testing of the helmet(IF the RCMP will even do that)
We also hope that you will investigate why construction crews in your province set signs out so far away from the actual site, without signs in between.
Many is the time I have passed signs, and have not passed workers for 30 or 40 kilometers. Did they knock off for the day & forget their signs? Is there no regulation about how far apart the signs should be?
If there isn’t, there should be. When people pass a construction sign, and see nothing for miles, they get complacent. They even forget that they passed the signage.
Like I said in a previous post, there are a lot of folks that will glean the Sentinel for anything to do with this story for a long time to come. Please help us out and report the most miniscule item related.
Thank you,
Poet
Thank you for your input. The information regarding the helmet comes from the police press release written by the investigating officer and is mentioned as a component of the investigation. It was also mentioned in an eye witness account
Im regards to the poasting in your paper, let me make it clear, HAVE ALL YOUR FACTS STRATE, before you publish things in your paper, I know your are looking for an intresting story, but just remember peoples famlies are in morning and take there feelings into consideration. May I ask where you got the information about Jim’s helmet? E mail me withe the information please.
JC will be missed ,,, He was a true friend, a brother, a husband and a great father….
Dear Editor,
There’s about 200 of a 475 member group watching each and every article that is going to get written on this particular incident/accident.
More than just a couple of us are OTR truckers with an intimate knowledge of the highway in your area.
So far, what we have read is that it’s “rider error”(possible), and that Mr Carroll was wearing a non-DOT compliant helmet,(IMPOSSIBLE, unless the seller of the helmet sells non compliant lids)
No where does it even suggest that the safety crew “COULD” be at fault.
Or any other factors that can AND may contribute to accidents.
I sure hope, that when ALL the findings are in, that the Sentinel will print all of those, and not buried on some back page amongst the want ads, either.
Please contact me for more info if needed.
Actually, the surgeon did not show up until about 25 minutes after we were performing CPR on the gentleman. When we reached the gentlemen seconds after he crashed, we could not find a pulse and started CPR immediately. We continued doing CPR for quite some time, and were able to get a faint pulse back. When then road crew said “there is a doctor in the lineup, do you want him to come down?”, we yelled out “of course, get him down here right away” The surgeon then came down, and assesed the gentleman and once informed of how long we were doing CPR, he said “its pointless, he’s gone”, even when he had a faint pulse. At that point, he told us to stop doing CPR, which we then did, as he could not get a light response in the man’s pupils. I then gave my info to the roadcrew, and left as I had 4 small kids in my vehicle, and did not want them to see what was going to happen next. After about 7 miles from the scene, one police car was racing to the scene with his lights and sirens going, then about 2 miles later, a second police car was racing to the scene, which had just passed the ambulance, which was not speeding, nor did it have its lights or sirens going. We had told the road crew at the get go to tell them to send the air ambulance if there was one, in fact we told them that a few times, as it was dragging on that no medical personell were there yet. I know this happened in an area a ways out of town, and perhaps the ambulance was stationed on the other side of Valemount, but that was a long time for the medics to show up….
In response to BJ2KEY – More detailed information has revealed that the accident occurred at 1:00 PM, factoring travel time from Valemount, the Ambulance arrived as soon as possible and transported the victim back to the Health Centre, arriving at about 2:15 PM. A surgeon happened upon the scene and was doing everything he could.
I believe the ambulance service did all they could to arrive, treat and transport the victim in a timely fashion.
Please see the Follow-Up story, prepared by local RCMP, on The Valley Sentinel, for more details.
This person was involved with both the Canadian Lonewolves and Alberta Lonewolves. Just motorcycle enthusiasts that love to ride. We knew him well.What a awesome turnout people for our beloved kind hearted give the shirt off his back kind of man. The procession of us lone wolf riders in his honour made my wife and I feel proud to be amongst the group. As we drove in front of JC’s place I could see the emotion of Tracey in awe for what was being done. I believe there was not one person that did not shed a tear over all this. Thank you riders who participated in this tragedy.
Thats crazy. Sad to hear.. :’(
It disgusts me that it took the ambulance over an hour. And it wasnt until 45 minutes after the police showed up. I extend my condolences to this mans family and friends.
Let grateful memories survive in time
of sorrow for ride brothers, friends and family!