Tuesday, October 23, 2007

DeBary woman dies -- bike fest's lone fatality

The 52-year-old DeBary woman who was badly burned after her 1993 Harley-Davidson crashed Sunday has become the sole fatality during this year's Biketoberfest in Daytona Beach.

Law-enforcement officials said they almost got through the four-day motorcycle rally without anyone losing their lives a year after six people died in bike crashes -- the most in as many years.

Kriste Waters, a single mother of two teenage girls, smashed her glittery-blue bike into an oncoming car about 12:45 a.m. on the last day. She died at Orlando Regional Medical Center at 2:20 p.m., officials said.

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