Sunday, September 26, 1999
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Man dies as cycle hits police cruiser
A Kentucky man was killed Saturday when the motorcycle he was riding slammed into the rear of a Cincinnati police car on Interstate 71 near the Lincoln Avenue overpass.
Dead is John Hoffman II, 33, of Bellevue.
Police say Mr. Hoffman was speeding along southbound I-71 shortly before 9:30 a.m. when he came upon an accident scene that emergency personnel were attempting to clear.
Both police cruisers and fire department vehicles were operating emergency lights at the time, said Cincinnati Police Traffic Unit Sgt. Bill Coombs.
Mr. Hoffman attempted to slow his motorcycle, lost control of it and ran into the rear of a parked police cruiser, said Traffic Unit Police Officer Steve Edwards.
Cincinnati Police Officer Charles Fullman was directing traffic at the time and had to jump out of the way of Mr. Hoffman's motorcycle. Officer Fullman was treated for a back injury and released from Bethesda Oak Hospital.
The first accident occurred shortly after 9 a.m. when a car ran off I-71 and struck a guardrail. The two people in the car were not seriously injured, police said.
Traffic was restricted on southbound I-71 for more than three hours.
Anyone who witnessed the fatal crash is asked to contact the traffic unit at 352-2514 or Crime Stoppers at 352-3040.
Man killed when car crashes into a tree
A Price Hill man was killed early Saturday after his car ran off the road and crashed into a tree.
Police say Rocky Smith, 21, of Lawrence Avenue, was eastbound on Trenton Avenue when his vehicle went off the right side of the road.
The crash occurred in the 500 block of Trenton Avenue shortly after 2:30 a.m. Mr. Smith was pronounced dead on arrival at University Hospital, Cincinnati police said.
NPR personality talks Oct. 19 at church
National Public Radio's Steve Curwood will speak on social problems and pollution at 7 p.m. Oct. 19 at the Cincinnati Friends Meeting at 8075 Keller Road, Indian Hill.
The speech by Mr. Curwood, a Quaker, is sponsored by Quakers Concerned for Peace.
Tickets are free but limited. For reservations, call 744 9512 or 751 1047 or write Mary Ann Curtiss, 3608 Duluth Ave., Cincinnati 45220.
Mr. Curwood is host of Living on Earth, NPR's environmental news show, which is carried locally by WNKU-FM (89.7) at 7 p.m. Sundays, WMUB-FM (88.5) at 6 p.m. Sundays and WVXU-FM (91.7) at 9:30 a.m. Mondays.
Mr. Curwood also will help promote WNKU during its fall fund drive and join other environmentalists Oct. 20 at Wilmington College as part of its free, public Westheimer Peace Symposium.
Others will be Jan Schlichtmann, the Boston attorney whose challenge to polluters was made into the movie A Civil Action; environmental justice advocate Robert Bullard; and Winona LaDuke, an Indian working on land, cultural and environmental issues.
The symposium, endowed by Cincinnatians Charles and May Westheimer, began in 1991 to promote “peaceable living.”
Symposium tickets: (937) 382-6661, ext. 371.
NAACP leader may run against DeWine
CLEVELAND — A minister who has served as president of the suburban Shaker Heights school board and Cleveland chapter of the NAACP said he might run against U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio.
Running next year against the one-term incumbent “would be almost like running against a vacant seat,” said the Rev. Marvin McMickle, who called Mr. DeWine's record limited.
“Because the party does not have a candidate, and some people think I might be up to the task, I am willing to listen,” the Rev. Mr. McMickle told The Plain Dealer in an interview published Saturday.
The Rev. Mr. McMickle said he decided during his unsuccessful bid for the 11th Congressional District seat last year that he would consider running for another office.
Richard Cordray, a Columbus lawyer and former state solicitor, is leaning toward a run against Mr. DeWine.
Mr. DeWine could not be reached for comment Saturday.
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