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Victim of Friday motorcycle crash was editor of biker
magazine
By Phil Alexander, STAFF WRITER, CITIZEN-TIMES.com
Updated: Jun 25 at 01:31
ASHEVILLE - As a highly experienced rider and
motorcycle enthusiast, Greg McQuide raced his Suzuki
SV650 at the Willow Springs International Raceway in
the Mojave Desert town of Rosamond, Calif., north of
his hometown of Hollywood.
It was ironic, then, that the 30-year-old member of
the Willow Springs Motorcycle Club and associate
editor of Motorcyclist magazine would die during a
routine cruise on Interstate 40 Friday evening while
in town for the Honda Hoot.
According to Highway Patrol Sgt. Norman Goering,
McQuide laid his motorcycle down in the road to avoid
being struck by a box-type truck that unexpectedly cut
into his lane.
When he did, he lost his grip on the bike and slammed
into the guardrail, dying almost instantly,
investigating Trooper Mac Gossett believes. Two nurses
witnessed the accident and stopped, but were unable to
get a pulse, Gossett said.
Troopers and sergeants were making a concerted effort
to no avail Saturday to find the red-cab truck with a
white box.
They checked at least eight trucks matching the
description at the WNC Farmers Market on Saturday, but
with nothing else to go upon were unsuccessful. A
check at a Candler truck stop failed to give any new
information.
There were four witnesses to the accident, although
the truck apparently never made contact with the
rider. No one got a license plate number of the
eastbound truck, Gossett said.
"Everybody's instinct is to just stop, but if somebody
could have followed (the truck) another two minutes,
they could have gotten the tag number," he said.
Gossett said a team of Highway Patrol
reconstructionists plan to survey the wreck site with
laser devices that will create a "computer blueprint"
of the scene.
Reconstruction of an accident is standard procedure
when the Highway Patrol investigates a traffic
fatality. The accident occurred about a tenth of a
mile past the Enka-Candler exit in the interstate's
eastbound lane.
Contact Alexander at 232-5857 or
PAlexander@CITIZEN-TIMES.com