From what I understand, from a 1st hand report, is that the rider came around a turn and didn't stop for the stop sign. Either he didn't see it, or he thought the course marshal was sending him through. He went through the stop sign at approx 17mph and went straight into the side of the trailer, which was traveling at about the speed limit. He was not T-boned.
It sounds like a tragic accident.
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