Brett was killed on October 22, 2007.
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Posted on October 24th, 2007 at 10:58 am.
One of the major questions the community is grappling with after the deaths of both Tracey Sparling and Brett Jarolimek is; why were the truck drivers not given a citation for failure to yield to a bicycle in a bike lane?
The law (ORS 811.050) seems clear:
"A person commits the offense of failure of a motor [...]
Posted on October 24th, 2007 at 1:10 am.
*[Updated 10/24, 5:11pm]
(Photo: Bob Mionske)
Today's edition of the Oregonian has more coverage of the collision that claimed the life of Brett Jarolimek.
One of their stories, Truck driver has checkered record, reports that the driver of the garbage truck has had, "...a string of run-ins with police, including 25 convictions for speeding, driving without a [...]
Posted on October 23rd, 2007 at 12:44 am.
Late Monday night, a ghost bike was placed at the scene of yesterday's fatal collision...
(Photo © Jonathan Maus)
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Posted on October 22nd, 2007 at 10:11 pm.
*[Updated: 10/24, 12:39pm]
The victim of today's fatal collision in North Portland was Brett Jarolimek. Brett was an employee of the Bike Gallery and his death has hit many in our tight-knit community very hard.
Brett Jarolimek racing at Alpenrose a few weeks ago.(Photo © Jonathan Maus)
"Artist, craftsman, son, brother, cyclist, friend... I miss you [...]
Posted on October 22nd, 2007 at 1:45 pm.
[Updated: 3:58pm with photos from the scene.]
Photo taken from the scene at 2:17pm.More photos below(Photo © Jonathan Maus)
A bicyclist died in a collision with a garbage truck sometime around 12:30 today at the northwest corner of N. Interstate and Greeley in North Portland. I'm on the scene right now and just finished talking with Traffic [...]
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