Father kills toddler son on motorcycle joyride

[Binky]

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A toddler was pronounced dead after a motorcycle he was riding on with his father crashed.

Around 2:40 p.m. Sunday, Unified Police Department received a call about a motorcycle crash involving a 1-year-old boy and his father in an apartment complex parking lot at 4521 S. Bridgeside Way in Taylorsville.

The man, 48-year-old Shannon Moore had taken his son for a ride on a motorcycle, placing him between himself and the handlebars, sitting on top of the gas tank.

Driving at an excessive speed, Moore tried to negotiate a turn and lost control of the motorcycle, crashing. The toddler fell off the gas tank, sustaining fatal injuries.

"This is something we see a lot," said Unified Police Department Det. Levi Highes. "People want to take their kids for a ride, they put them on a four-wheeler, a motorcycle, they drive around, there aren't helmets on them. It just takes a little bit of a slip; you're holding onto a bike, you can't hold onto a child. …If you have a child who can't reach the pegs, can't hold on, this is far too young to be on a bike."

The boy was pronounced dead on scene, and Moore was transported to a hospital to be treated for his injuries.

[krazy kris]

that is terribly sad

[UserX]

Horrible story.

[4.6coupe]

Yikes!

[Armedtrigger01]

Wow my daughter is 6 and has never been for a ride. In another year maybe once I know that I can get a helmet that fits as well as mine. And why give a 1 year old a ride what's a child of that age get out of it.

[CJ]

Fucking ridiculous. It takes a special kind of moron to do this.

[musclestang89]

that is just sad, I told myself once I started a family no more bike riding. So I have a family now and no bike. I do miss riding though when I see bikes out.

[futant]

Whats sad is how stupid you have to be to think this is a good idea.
some dumb m/f's can't be content with kililng themselves by not wearing a helmet, they have to bring other people into the mix (gf's , babies! )
WTF?

[Buick355]

Driving at an excessive speed, Moore tried to negotiate a turn and lost control of the motorcycle, crashing. The toddler fell off the gas tank, sustaining fatal injuries.

For this he deserves an involuntary manslaughter charge. I've put my little girl (when she was 6-7 on the tank of my dirt bike and putted on the sidewalk at 5mph, but would never even think of hauling ass on public roads like that.

[SNEAKY]

i see it on the trails all of the time. sad

[wishitwasasvt]

What a jackass! I mean who says "hey lets put my 1 y/o on my bike and haul ass" and thinks its a good idea? Fucking moron!

[Ruffneck1320]

What a jackass! I mean who says "hey lets put my 1 y/o on my bike and haul ass" and thinks its a good idea? Fucking moron!

No kidding...R.I.P to the little one... i wouldn't even think about doing something like that... Hell i get nervous when ive got a geared up but dumb 19 year old female on the back and she is old enough to make the choice