Jerimie Sutton, 28, of Arcadia, was killed Saturday afternoon in a motorcycle accident at the intersection of St. Rd. 213 and 246th street in Hamilton County, 3 miles east of Cicero. A county public-safety official said off-the-record that the preliminary investigation suggests Mr. Sutton was travelling in excess of 130mph when he hit a vehicle driven by Mr. Jason Britton of Kentucky. Mr. Britton was backing his vehicle out of the driveway and onto St. Rd. 213 when the accident occured. The unnamed public-safety official states that Sutton was dead by the time Methodist's Life Line air-transport arrived. Witnesses state that when the Life Line helicopter landed, the victim already appeared to be dead, and was loaded into an ambulance for transport. A local resident told this reporter, under the condition of anonymity, that he regularly observed Mr. Sutton driving his motorcycle on St. Rd. 213 at excessive speeds; never once was Sutton witnessed wearing a helmet.
Editor's Note: This underscores the necessity of always wearing your helmet, and practicing safe driving techniques while on your motorcycle. If you don't, you'll be up for a Darwin Award just like Jerimie Sutton.
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at 130 mph, I'm not sure a helmet makes a difference. Don't get me wrong, I believe in helmets, but isn't excessive speed the real culprit here?
Yes, excessive speed is most assuredly the culprit. I spoke with several local residents who say they had witnessed Mr. Sutton driving as fast as they had ever seen anyone drive on 213 on several different occasions up and down that flat, 4 mile straight stretch of 213, from 246th St. to County Line Road.
No matter what specific cause investigators determine, it all goes back to a very poor decision made by Mr. Sutton to drive in an unsafe fashion.
Furthermore, it is horrible what the Brittons will have to live with for the rest of their lives because Jerimie was doing something unaccontably stupid and brought them into his stupidity.
Brandon.
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