A couple of my friends were brutally and intentionally struck by a suv the other day riding berryessa. I know many of you are from sac so, please if you have any information, contact woodland PD. My deepest sympathies...

Hunt on for hit-and-run driver

By Lauren Keene/Enterprise staff writer

Published Aug 29, 2007 - 13:57:02 CDT.

As they have many other nights, Kyle Daubert, Daniel Mastrup and Jonathan Pinkerton set off Monday on one of their regular motorcycle rides along Russell Boulevard west of Davis.

On this night, however, something went terribly, horribly wrong.

At about 8:45 p.m., a hit-and-run driver struck 24-year-old Pinkerton from behind, causing major injuries that left the Davis man hospitalized at the UC Davis Medical Center.

Officer Phil Gruidl of the California Highway Patrol, which is investigating the hit-and-run collision, had no new information about the incident today but said the search for the suspect is continuing.

Mastrup, 24, recalls riding slightly ahead of his two friends, approaching County Road 96. He heard the sound of a vehicle accelerating, then a metal-on-plastic sound as a sport-utility vehicle struck the back of Pinkerton's Honda motorcycle.

“There was no swerving, no clipping - he was dead-center run over,” said Mastrup, who saw Pinkerton fly off his motorcycle and strike Daubert, 25, who also went to the ground. “It was like a horror movie.”

The next thing Mastrup recalls is seeing Daubert running down the roadway and finding Pinkerton pinned underneath Daubert's motorcycle along the side of the road. When he lifted off the bike, he discovered major injuries to Pinkerton's abdomen.

“I had to hold his pancreas and a lung shut” until medical personnel arrived, Mastrup said. What followed, he added, were a series of maddening frustrations.

He said it took numerous tries to notify authorities of the crash because calls to 911 were met with busy signals. Emergency personnel had a difficult time finding the crash scene, Mastrup said, and he believes the CHP is not doing enough to find the person who hurt his friend.

Specifically, Mastrup alleged that officers did not embark soon enough on a search for the driver - the CHP said it searched the area for about two hours to no avail - and that officers seemed to have a difficult time understanding witnesses' accounts of the crash.


Gruidl, the CHP officer, declined to respond to Mastrup's allegations, but said the CHP is a professional law-enforcement organization.

“We do a thorough job, and we're going to investigate all leads to completion,” Gruidl said. “But we can only work with what we have.”

Pinkerton remained in serious condition this morning at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, where he was taken by helicopter following the crash. Mastrup said he lost his spleen and is on a ventilator but is expected to survive.

Meanwhile, the driver who caused Pinkerton's injuries remains at large. Following the collision, the SUV continued traveling westbound on Russell Boulevard with Pinkerton's motorcycle wedged underneath it.

The CHP reported finding the bike abandoned about a mile from the crash scene.

The hit-and-run vehicle - a maroon or dark-colored SUV, similar to a Chevy Tahoe or Suburban - may have moderate damage to its front end, the CHP has said. The driver is facing felony hit-and-run charges.

Mastrup implored the public to help authorities in their search. He said he has tried to get numerous media organizations to report on the incident, but many are treating it as a simple motorcycle accident.

“This was not an accident. This person tried to kill my buddy, and he's out driving around scot-free,” said Mastrup, who said he also witnessed the 1997 hit-and-run that killed popular UC Davis student Ellie Gerhardy. “The way Davis erupted (after Gerhardy's death) - that has to happen for my friend.”

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Woodland CHP at 662-4685.

- Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenterprise.net or 747-8048.

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

 

man sorry to hear bout that, hope your buddy is okay... i live and ride frequently around sac i'll keep an eye out for a maroon suv with marks on the front... and i'll keep an eye out for aggressive drivers too, to watch for my own safety, seems like i've noticed alot more aggressive drivers twards motorcycles lately must be the hot weather mixed with traffic and people getting tired of motorcycles lane splitting...

 

Any of the local Chp's drive a Maroon SUV?

 

Horrible news. Hope that SUV drivers gets his/her comeuppance.

Was there paint transfer on the motorcycle that was dragged along by the SUV?

I don't remember hearing about Ellie Gerhardy back in '97 though (attended UCD from '96 to '01).

 

holy **** man. thats just all around murder. i hope they find the person. just goes to show that we are never safe from idiots. my best wishes to ur friend man. hope he comes out to ride another day........

 

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I hope he gets pegged for attempted murder as well.

Repost this in General Discussion and Debate, it gets more traffic. Best wishes for your friend

 

Best wishes for your friend! I hope he's doing better!

 

man that **** is fucked up... i hope you guys catch that bastard and beat his ***

 

best of wishes in finding the guy and you friends getting better. i'll hold a place for your friend in my prayers.

 

**** man. I hear about too many malicious fucktards trying to **** with riders. I blame a lot of it on asshat riders that give us a bad name. Hope your buds recover soon. That bastard will get his. God is just.

 

Damn man sorry to hear about this I hope your buddy get better an jumps back on the horse. As for the driver its only a matter of time before he get what he has coming let just hope its sooner then later best wishes to him an family

 

Keep this at the top!!!!!!! Justice needs to be Done.

 

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X2

 

i hope your friends recover and find that guy who hit them

 

Scary that this is happening somewhat close to home... I've had a few close calls with idiots on the road recently. Last Sunday as I rode to work on the freeway, an ***-hat decided to start throwing glass beer bottles out his window at me. Luckily there was nobody behind me, and I was able to slow way down in a hurry. He sped away like the douche that he is. The night before that my friend got shot at on the freeway (albeit in his pickup), and had a .45 caliber removed from the driver's seat head rest... 4-6" from his head! There is a lot of weird and stupid **** happening on the road now-a-days. Be careful everybody.

 

Kyle is my Sister's fiance. She called me yesterday to tell me the news. I hope they find the jackass. I hope Jonathan pulls through. I've known the three of them for a long time now.

 

thats terrible that some **** like this happens. seriously tho, i really dont know what the hell is wrong with people now n days, i am seriously getting tired of california and its retarded *** drivers...

i only live about 15 min away, and this is some stuff that gets to me, ima be on the lookout for this *** hat, im going to be carrying a roll of nickels for any jackass that thinks its funny to **** with riders....

best of prayers to the ones involved...

 

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I use a roll of quarters... but I have big hands.

 

thanks for the love and sympathy guys. I'm starting to think alcohol or drugs played a role because I don't think anyone is sadistic enough as to hit these very safe and respectable riders.

I've been unable to contact Kyle or Daniel. let me know what's goin on cryssipop.

 

hope your friend recovers

 

This is Daniel Mastrup, I would like to say Thank you for all those who care out there. Someone ran my buddy over and then fled the scene they also tried to get pinkerton's motorcycle out from underneath the car and continued to flee the scene with no regard to any of the riders conditions.



Pink lives and that's all that matters if anyone has any information regarding this topic please contact the appropriate authorities there is a $10000 reward for information leading to the arrest.

Thank you all


Modified by dnm12 at 12:08 PM 9/3/2007

 

pink lives

 

This is why I don't ride at the moment. That guy was out to kill you guys and he almost succeeded.

 

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I apologize in advance (I ride too) but i like to play the devil's advocate. Is it possible that they guy in the SUV was busy talking on a cell phone eating a salami sandwich and picking up his drink he dropped when this happened? what if it was an accident then he/she freaked out and ran? either way is totally wrong but still. what do you think?

 

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I apologize in advance (I ride too) but i like to play the devil's advocate. Is it possible that they guy in the SUV was busy talking on a cell phone eating a salami sandwich and picking up his drink he dropped when this happened? what if it was an accident then he/she freaked out and ran? either way is totally wrong but still. what do you think?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Even if it was a complete accident, the second he freaked out and ran he was essentially saying he didn't care if they died. And it was instantly a felony.

I hope the driver is found. I'll keep an eye out.