hopefully i'm just channeling my inner bluetunatiger, but some things still don't add up. the police report describes highway 16 as east-west and that the bike went off the north side of the road. petrino says that looking into the sun might have contributed to the crash in a handwritten statement from tuesday. but the coordinates in the report are for a north-south stretch on the road.

the guy in the 911 call described the bike as having been headed north as well. The report says Dorrell didn't know what caused the crash.

here's images of the crash site:

here's the streetview and satellite for what i think is the crash site as described in the police report:

here's the link to the spot on google maps

i'm still braced for something worse.

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Posted by TheCheshireHog

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Posted on 4/7/12 at 1:05 am to roody

Looks like he just came off a curve to me.

I think people are to hung up on the word curve. The are expecting some 90 degree turn that is tough to navigate at high speeds.

However, where he wrecked is the mid point of a slight S-curve on the straight stretch in between two curves.

Completely feasible that he lost control coming through the first curve, a little touchy feel surprise perhaps, and lost control of the bike and eventually went off the road a little ways down the road.

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