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Article: Plastic wrap barrier causes motorcycle crash
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 17, 2004
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Plastic wrap barrier causes motorcycle crash
By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ denriquez@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel
Saturday, July 17, 2004
Town of Waukesha -- Motorcyclist Daniel Buckel was within 10 feet
when he saw the potential disaster stretched across a dark and foggy
rural road just ahead.
Disbelief turned to fear, then anger, as Buckel's 2-year-old
motorcycle hit a barrier of kitchen-variety plastic wrap that was
wound thickly from traffic pole to traffic pole on opposite sides of
Guthrie Road, south of Highway I.
The clear plastic trap, which was 3 to 4 feet above the two-lane
road south of Waukesha, sent both Buckel and his passenger,
girlfriend Theresa Brzykcy, into a bloody slide ...