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Bike Race

jodywy

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the Logan to Jackson 206 mile bike race is today went to town early before they got here, well now they should be close to Jackson and there a fire in horse thief canyon.
http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=riw&wwa=evacuation+immediate
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
EVACUATION IMMEDIATE
TETON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
531 PM MDT SAT SEP 8 2012

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE TETON
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

AN EVACUATION ORDER REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DEER DRIVE AND ELK DRIVE
SOUTH OF JACKSON. THESE AREAS ARE BEING THREATENED BY A WILDFIRE
LOCATED AT LITTLE HORSETHIEF CANYON.
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jodywy

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2200773/Horrific-cycling-race-crash-sends-banker-plunging-35-feet-death-bridge-sent-flying-guardrail-tried-avoid-pothole.html


Horrific cycling race crash sends banker plunging 35 feet to his death off bridge after he is sent flying over guardrail as he tried to avoid pothole
•42-year-old falls to his death, 8 miles from the finish line of LoToJa race
•Arizona husband and father-of-three was an avid cyclist
•First fatality in the 30-year history of the cycling race




By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 16:10 EST, 9 September 2012 | UPDATED: 17:26 EST, 9 September 2012

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A devoted father-of-three and beloved husband tragically fell to his death during a cycling race.


Robert Verhaaren was participating in the annual LoToJa competition and swerved to avoid a pothole on a bridge over the Snake River in Wyoming, when he crashed and fell 35 feet on Saturday afternoon -- just eight miles from the finish line.

The 42-year-old, who works at a private equity firm in Mesa, Arizona, was being remembered as an 'awesome' family man by friends.




Avid cyclist: Rob Verhaaren (far right) with friends at a 2009 bike race





'It was devastating for us to lose a member of our LoToJa family,' race spokesman Dave Bern told The Associated Press. 'Unfortunately, these things go along with bicycle racing. Cycling is not for the risk averse.'

Sheriff's deputies said when Verhaaren swerved to miss the pothole, he crashed into a guardrail and was catapulted over it into the river.
 
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