This is a contemporanious newspaper clipping about the 1970s motorcycle accident near Reynolds, Pennsylvania that described in my Bluegrass song Kidd's Mills Road.
The clipping indicates that the motorcycle and its driver flew about 50 feet. I ended up flying and rolling about 20 yards (60 feet) farther than the motorcycle and driver. During my long flight, I remember looking down from a significant height and thinking I was surely about to be killed.
The newspaper clipping mentions Seventh Street. That is the name of the portion of Kidd's Mills Road that is located in Reynolds. The accident did not occur on the portion of road known as Seventh Street. Instead, the accident occurred out in the country, on Kidd's Mills Road.
The newspaper clipping mentions that the bike hit a stone pile/slag pile on the property of a construction company. I heard from law enforcement that the location of the accident was actually a construction site with a tractor, various piles of bricks, and a bunch of two by two stakes pounded in the ground. Based on personal observation just before impact, I can report that the so-called stone pile/slag pile was a spoil pile that appeared to be from a recently dug ditch.
The song mentions February, but that is artistic license. I don't really know what month the accident occurred. I only know the accident occurred on a frigid night.
The song mistakenly indicates that the 900 Kawasaki was the operator's first street bike. After publishing the song, another 1970s room mate reminded me that the operator also owned a smaller street bike.
L. Dietle
