Onondaga (New York):
Police say a motorcyclist participating in a protest ride against helmet laws in upstate New York died after he flipped over the bike's handlebars and hit his head on the pavement.
The accident happened on Saturday afternoon in the town of Onondaga, in central New York near Syracuse.
State troopers told The Post-Standard of Syracuse that 55-year-old Philip A Contos of Parish, New York, was driving a 1983 Harley Davidson with a group of bikers who were protesting helmet laws by not wearing helmets.
Troopers say Contos hit his brakes and the motorcycle fishtailed. The bike spun out of control, and Contos toppled over the handlebars. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Troopers say Contos would have likely survived if he had been wearing a helmet.
The accident happened on Saturday afternoon in the town of Onondaga, in central New York near Syracuse.
State troopers told The Post-Standard of Syracuse that 55-year-old Philip A Contos of Parish, New York, was driving a 1983 Harley Davidson with a group of bikers who were protesting helmet laws by not wearing helmets.
Troopers say Contos hit his brakes and the motorcycle fishtailed. The bike spun out of control, and Contos toppled over the handlebars. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Troopers say Contos would have likely survived if he had been wearing a helmet.
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