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Tacoma man injured after failed motor bike stunt

Story Highlights:
One person injured in Tacoma motor bike accident
Failed stunt, landed on Sounder train tracks



Date: January 26, 2011, 01/11/2011
Location: Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
Type: Motorcycle accident, Motor vehicle collision
Outcome: One injured

On Wednesday afternoon around 4:15pm a 23-year-old male was attempting a dirt bike stunt at Gay Road East and Pioneer Way East in Tacoma when it went wrong. He crash landed on the Sounder train tracks as a train was coming.

His friends were able to pull him off the tracks before the train hit him but his motorcycle was hit and dragged by the train. The man was admitted to Madigan Army Medical Center in critical condition.

It was reported that several Sounder trains were delayed or cancelled because of the incident.

National Motorcycle Accident Statistics

• 5,290 motorcyclists were killed in fatal crashes
• Approximately 96,000 motorcycle drivers injured in 2008

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