"A motorcyclist, the sun setting behind her and her hair flying in the breeze, clipped a piece of tire retread debris along a north metro interstate and was pitched to her death in the path of an SUV, authorities said Thursday.
Brittany A. Larson, 22, of White Bear Lake, was hit shortly before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday on eastbound I-694 just east of I-35E, the State Patrol said.
Larson was not wearing a helmet, and she suffered extensive head injuries, her mother said.
“She liked her long hair flowing, and now I’ve lost my daughter,” said a sobbing Inge Black, who also lives in White Bear Lake.
“She wasn’t dressed properly for the bike,” Black added, noting that her “extremely feisty” daughter was wearing flip-flops on her ride home from her new clerk’s job in Columbia Heights on the motorcycle she acquired a few months ago. “I couldn’t get her to dress right. She was having so much fun.”
Flip flops and no helmet? That’s just asking for it
Sucks to see another rider down though
EDIT: Mom is pushing for a manditary helmet law, not something i don’t agree with but don’t blame the law for your daughter being an idiot. I still wear a helmet when i cross over into NH
I wouldnt even wear flip flops on a BMX bike when I grew up… thats straight stupid on a bike… not to mention its gotta hurt the top of your toes on up shifts!
fell and got hit by an SUV? what would a helmet do for ya at that point??? never the less it sucks.
RIP to her… but no remorse from me for poor decisions.
A helmet probably wouldn’t have saved her in this case, but 9 times out of 10 it’ll save your life
I am taking a ride up thru Connecticut this weekend and a couple of my friends are excited about being able to ride without their helmets when we reach the border. I think they’re crazy lol