Originally Posted by
79pmooney
…Another hazard of leaves is that you cannot see what is under a pile of them, either a man made pile or wind blown one.
Originally Posted by
Ratzinger
The problem with leaves is that you never know when there will be a peanut butter sandwich hidden underneath.
Or a lethal pothole.
(c) The Boston Globe Nov 15, 2009
At 71 years old, retired Newton educator Robert Zeeb wasn't slowing down.
Zeeb was training to ride his bicycle across the country. Every other day, Zeeb would ride his bicycle 60 miles in trips that took him from Newton to Concord, Sudbury, Weston, or Boston, and he was pushing himself to ride farther in preparation for his coast-to-coast ride in June.
But on Monday, during a ride to Arlington, Robert Zeeb crashed his bicycle along Route 2. He died from his injuries the following day.
Witnesses told State Police that Zeeb crashed along the westbound side of Route 2, east of Exit 60, at 10:22 a.m. -not far from the Alewife T station. A witness told police that it appeared as if Zeeb's bicycle struck a hole for an electrical box in the ground and that no other vehicles were involved in the accident…
One witness told State Police the hole was filled with leaves and its cover was several feet away, said David Procopio, a State Police spokesman…
Every September is a
memorial ride.