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Article One:  Dirt-bike riding continues at Cape fatal accident site 
Article Two:  Dirtbike crash kills boy, 14, in Woodbine 
 
 
Scene of the Accident.
 
Teen Killed In Dirt Bike Crash - (WOODBINE) -- An autopsy is to be performed today on the body of 14-year-old Daniel Taylor of Weymouth, who died this past weekend in a dirt bike accident. Police say the teen lost control of his two-wheeled like Saturday on an incline at a landfill site off Fiddler Hill Road in Woodbine. The sandy area is popular with local teenagers who continued to use it yesterday.  (Courtesy of Yahoo.com)
 
Dan had been riding a jump when he landed on flat ground. The impact was too great - he hit his head on the handlebars and suffered neck injuries. He apparently got up, and his friends got him into the truck. They called an ambulence. They kept him alive until the rescuers came, then let them take over from there. According to a friend, it was about 15 minutes between the actual accident and Dan's death. His last words were "I can't breathe." Dan took it like we all know he would - like a man, til the very last minutes.
(Thanks to Dennis for this info, because he was there)
 
 
TAYLOR, DANIEL PATRICK, 14, of Dorothy passed away on March 6, 1999 from a Motorcross accident in Woodbine. He was born in Atlantic City and an area resident all his life. 
 
Daniel attended 9th grade at the Buena Regional High School. He was an avid Motorcross rider and was most recently training for competition. He played for several years for the Buena Little League Baseball. He also enjoyed playing for the West Atlantic County Youth League Softball and Basketball teams. 
 
Daniel is survived by his parents, John and Linda Taylor of Dorothy, his brother, Nicholas of Dorothy, and his sister Patricia of Dorothy, his grandparents, John Taylor of Northfield and Jeanne Best of Northfield, his aunts Eileen Cummins of Linwood, Kathleen Taylor of Connecticut, and Maureen Taylor of Ohio, his uncles, Rich and his wife Mitra Best of California and Fred Lemkhul of Ohio and many cousins. 
 
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, March 10, 1999 at St. Vincent DePaul RC Church, Route #50, Mays Landing. Burial will be at the Holy Cross Cemetery, Mays Landing. Relatives and friends may call from 7pm until 9pm on Tuesday evening at the Adams-Perfect Funeral Home 1650 New Road, Northfield. 
 
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation, 13515 Yarmouth Drive, Pickerington, OH 43147.
 
Who could've known that Dan would be mentioned at Yahoo.com? It's extremely tragic that it was for something so...awful. Some say that Dan, if he'd lived, would have gone on to bigger things. Even pursuing something to do with biking. Riding was his life - in this case, it was his death as well.
 

Individual Tributes

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