Wreck victim found dead, but motorcycle missing

A man was killed this morning when his motorcycle crashed into a northwest Houston house, but the motorcycle soon disappeared, police said.

The man's body was found around 6 a.m. today between two houses in the 1800 block of West Gulf Bank near Donley. He had suffered major head trauma, said Houston Police Department Sgt. David Crain.

Homicide investigators and crime scene unit officers were initially called to the scene, but determined the man had been injured in some sort of traffic accident after finding broken bits of the motorcycle nearby and discovering a tire track leading up to the house.

Officers also found a spot where the man's head had hit the house. He was not wearing a helmet, Crain said.

Police determined the man had been driving a motorcycle southbound on Donley Street at a high rate of speed, then crossed over West Gulf Bank and hit the house.

After the impact, someone came along and took the motorcycle, leaving the man's body there, police said. Police were still looking for that motorcycle later today, Crain said.

When I lived in Houston I worked for a time near the ship channel. One of the guys there had a wife who was returning to work after having their first child. Since they only had one car, he decided to let her have it while he rode a bicycle to work.

The first day he tried this, riding in the early morning darkness, he was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver. The kindly neighborhood people stole his wallet and bicycle and left him lying on the side of the road with no ID.

His wife didn't locate him at the morgue until the next day.

Ways To Piss Off A Cop

When you get pulled over, say "What's wrong, ossifer, there's no blood in my alcohol?"
When he asks why you were speeding, tell him you wanted to race.
When he talks to you, pretend you are deaf.
If he asks if you knew how fast you were going, say no, my speedometer only goes to......
Touch him.
When he asks why you were speeding, tell him you were rushing home because you realized you forgot your helmet. (Particularly good in those Helmet Law states!)
Ask him where he bought his cool hat.
Refer to him by his first name.
Pretend you are gay and ask him out.
When he says no, cry.
If he says yes, accuse him of sexual harassment.
If the cop is a woman, tell her how ugly she is, but in a nice way.
If he asks you to step off the bike, automatically throw yourself onto his hood.
When he asks you to spread them, tell him you don't go that way.
When he puts the handcuffs on, say "Usually my dates buy me dinner first"
Ask to be fingerprinted with candy, cause you don't like ink on your fingers.
After you sign the ticket and give it to him, say "Oops! That's the wrong name."
Bribe him with donuts.
When he comes up your bike, say "License and registration, please" right when he says it.
When he goes to read you your rights, sing "La La La, I can't hear you!"
Trip and fall into him.
Accuse him of police brutality when he pushes you away.
Before you sign the ticket, pick your nose. You have to sign with his pen.
Chew on the pen, nervously.
Clean your ear with the pen.
If it's a click pen, take it apart and play with the spring.
Ask if he has a daughter. If he says yes, say I thought the name sounded familiar.....
Ask him if he ever worked in a prison. If he says yes, ask him how the plumbing was.
Act like you are retarded.
When he's telling you what you did wrong, start repeating him, quietly.
Or mumble to yourself.
When he tells you to stop, say what are you talkin' about man?
Drive to Dunkin Donuts and say hmmm....only 5 of you here tonight.......
Ask if they know how to make the donuts.
When he comes up to your bike, say I have a badge just like yours!
Ask if he watches Cops.
Ask if ever watched Cop Rock.
Giggle if he did.
Talk to your hand.
Ask if he knows someone named Rosy Palm and her Five Favorite Friends.
Accuse him of Sexual Harassment if he does.
When he frisks you, say You missed a spot, and grin.
When he asks to inspect your bike, say there is no alcohol on my bike, sir, the last cop got it.
Try to sell him your bike.
Ask if you can buy his car.
If he takes you to the station, Ask to sit in front.
Play with the siren.

If the cop is a woman, tell her how ugly she is, but in a nice way.

True story: I was stopped by a state cop in Ohio. We are sitting in the front seat of his cruiser because it's cold as hell outside...and I remarked on how bad his facial acne was and said,"Did you know that they just developed a new medicine that can cure that acne?!" The cop looks at me, and is trying to figure out if I was insulting him ( I was ). But! This was when they had just released Accutane as a treatment for acne, and I told him about it. He was actually grateful and let me off...:-)

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