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Motorcyclist shot by his own gun during bizarre hit-and-run collision in Black Hawk Car driver flees, later arrested

In a bizarre chain reaction, Black Hawk police say a motorcyclist was shot in the chest when a gun he was carrying went off as a hit-and-run car struck the motorcycle.

The hit-and-run happened about 10:15 a.m. at Highway 119 and Richman Street in Black Hawk.

A four-door Chevrolet sedan hit the motorcycle and the rider was thrown to the ground, Police Chief Stephen Cole told 7NEWS. The impact of the collision caused a handgun the motorcyclist was carrying to fire, shooting the rider in the chest.

The Chevy driver fled the scene. The motorcyclist, a 60-year-old Pennsylvania man, suffered serious injuries and was rushed by ambulance to a Denver hospital. Police recovered the handgun at the scene, Cole said.

Gilpin County sheriff's deputies later found the Chevy sedan abandoned at a campground north of Black Hawk. The driver, a white man in his 30s or 40s, ran from the car. He was wearing a black T-shirt and black shorts.

Police arrested the hit-and-run suspect about 1:30 p.m. after he was spotted near Highway 119 and Gap Road north of town.

During the search for the driver, authorities sent emergency telephone notifications to residents in the area

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/motorcyclist-shot-by-his-own-gun-during-bizarre-hit-and-run-collision-in-black-hawk

 

You just can't make this stuff up!

 

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Sounds to me like thats the risk you take when you carry, especially when you decide to keep your gun loaded all the time.

Not sure if trolling or just a complete lack of knowledge about firearms in general.

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If it was an older revolver, the kind where the hammer actually is the firing pin then I guess I could see it going off from impact...I've seen a glove get dragged behind a truck on a rocky dirt road for 2 miles and not discharge.

I hope I never get shot by a glove. Dam that would hurt. Plus I'd never live that down. I will keep my gloves unloaded.

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