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East Bay Harley Riders Victims Of Bizarre Road Rage
POSTED: 11:21 am PDT September 21, 2006
PITTSBURG, Calif. -- A group of Harley-Davidson motorcycle riders found themselves on the receiving end of a car driver's rage on state Highway 4 in Pittsburg Thursday morning, the California Highway Patrol reported. CHP Officer Scott Yox said investigators have no reason to believe the riders did anything to provoke 50-year-old Richard Brooks of Concord before he started pursuing them. The group of five was heading east on Highway 4 around 9:15 a.m. when Brooks allegedly started swerving toward them with his car, an older Plymouth Sundance or similar model, Yox said.
Brooks was waving a pool cue at the group, which broke into two packs to try and escape him, according to the CHP. Brooks zeroed in on two riders who pulled over just beyond the Railroad Avenue onramp to the highway, thinking they might be able to maneuver safely down the onramp against the flow of traffic and away from Brooks, Yox said. Brooks stopped in front of the riders and got out of his car, pool cue in hand, but he was knocked down before he could reach them. Brooks had left his own car in reverse, Yox explained, and it bumped him into the highway before moving across all lanes and crashing into the center median.
"The motorcyclists at that point grab him, get him out of the traffic lanes and detain him until officers arrive," Yox said. Brooks ended up hospitalized with cuts and bruises and was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, Yox said. He added that CHP officers are grateful no one else was hurt in the incident. Brooks told investigators and the motorcycle riders that he wanted to "teach them a lesson," Yox said. "He thought they were trying to act tough in their motorcycle garb," but instead of living up to his expectations, Yox said of the riders, "they kept their cool on this one."
The motorcyclists have declined to pursue any assault charges.
East Bay Harley Riders Victims Of Bizarre Road Rage
POSTED: 11:21 am PDT September 21, 2006
PITTSBURG, Calif. -- A group of Harley-Davidson motorcycle riders found themselves on the receiving end of a car driver's rage on state Highway 4 in Pittsburg Thursday morning, the California Highway Patrol reported. CHP Officer Scott Yox said investigators have no reason to believe the riders did anything to provoke 50-year-old Richard Brooks of Concord before he started pursuing them. The group of five was heading east on Highway 4 around 9:15 a.m. when Brooks allegedly started swerving toward them with his car, an older Plymouth Sundance or similar model, Yox said.
Brooks was waving a pool cue at the group, which broke into two packs to try and escape him, according to the CHP. Brooks zeroed in on two riders who pulled over just beyond the Railroad Avenue onramp to the highway, thinking they might be able to maneuver safely down the onramp against the flow of traffic and away from Brooks, Yox said. Brooks stopped in front of the riders and got out of his car, pool cue in hand, but he was knocked down before he could reach them. Brooks had left his own car in reverse, Yox explained, and it bumped him into the highway before moving across all lanes and crashing into the center median.
"The motorcyclists at that point grab him, get him out of the traffic lanes and detain him until officers arrive," Yox said. Brooks ended up hospitalized with cuts and bruises and was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, Yox said. He added that CHP officers are grateful no one else was hurt in the incident. Brooks told investigators and the motorcycle riders that he wanted to "teach them a lesson," Yox said. "He thought they were trying to act tough in their motorcycle garb," but instead of living up to his expectations, Yox said of the riders, "they kept their cool on this one."
The motorcyclists have declined to pursue any assault charges.