OFF THE WIRE
SAN ANTONIO -
Local members of a world-wide motorcycle club were mourning the
loss of one of their brothers on Friday.
Joshua Kalib Landers fell to his
death after a motorcycle accident just early Friday morning.
Now, members
of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club are remembering the 29-year-old, a family
man who they say had turned his life around.
Together, the group is
coping with the loss of the BFMC prospect who died after his bike struck a piece
of debris on Highway 281 just north of I-35.
Tommy Turcol was riding bar
to bar with Landers right before the accident.
"I saw the debris in the
road and looked back to my lane and by the time I looked back, I had the back
tire of the bike up in the air I could see the undercarriage of the bike and
then O just saw headlights," Turcol said.
Investigators say Landers lost
control of the bike and was thrown over the handlebars. He fell some 26 feet to
the ground of the Pearl Brewery Parking lot.
He was not wearing a helmet,
investigators said, and died at the scene from massive head
trauma
Although he was not officially a BFMC members yest, Landers was
quickly making a name for himself among the group's leadership.
"We
noticed him and he was about his daughter and that's what touched me about him
and I could see what kind of individual he was," said Raymond
Cervantes.
But even in that short time, members say they were already
seeing him turn his life around.
Now they must deal with the reality that
he's gone
"The people around him that loved him that may not have known
us as well, (like) his parents, I know that they had to have seen a change in
Josh because I know for a fact he's been happier," said Turcol. "He's been
upbeat. He's flat out told us, 'Y'all saved my life.'"
Landers leaves
behind an 8-year-old daughter. The group has set up a college fund for her in
her father's name.
http://www.ksat.com/news/Group-mourns-fallen-rider/-/478452/19245882/-/5km8n7/-/index.html
