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Granted, this could have happened if he'd been riding an ordinary bike,
I guess.
But the fact that e-bikes can go a lot faster is one reason I am wary of
many modern gadgets - and why I don't buy them.
https://people.com/boy-dies-within-days-of-striking-suspended-cable-while-riding-electric-bike-11731697
(with photo)
https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/mother-father-answers-13-year-old-death-e-bike-collision-metal-cable-everett/281-4f2f027f-1ef3-4d05-8dec-79cb8c25a15e
(longer obit)
Parents demand answers after 13-year-old dies in e-bike collision with
metal cable
KING 5 investigative unit talks with the family who says the cable
should never have been up in the first place.
Author: Kristin Goodwillie
EVERETT, Wash. The parents of a 13-year-old boy who died after
colliding with a metal cable while riding his e-bike want to ensure no
other family suffers the same tragedy.
His father, Alejandro "Alex" Munoz, and mother, Maria Stamatio, are
demanding answers, saying the cable located in the 8800 block of 5th
Avenue W, shouldn't have been there.
His parents say Emiliano Munoz, who went by Emi, was excited for his
future. He played football, hung out with his friends, and loved riding
his e-bike.
"I was so proud of him. I never told him, but I'm so proud of him. He
was my life, he was my entire life," said his father, Alex Munoz.
Munoz and Emi's mother Maria Stamatio said they won't be able to go on
the summer family trips they planned or watch their son play football.
"He called me three minutes before and he said, 'Mom, I'm going to the
soccer field,'" said Stamatio.
Stamatio said that was the last time she spoke to her son. On May 2, Emi
was killed when his e-bike collided with a braided cable stretched
between a private property fence and a post, despite wearing his helmet
and safety gear.
"That cable shouldn't have been in that place. That cable was not meant
for my son," said Stamatio.
The biggest question following Emi's death is who put up the metal
cable. It is against Everett city code to have that type of fence.
"This was a horrifically unsafe setting for any community," said Raymond >Bishop, the family's attorney at Bishop Legal. He said the family will
file a lawsuit to prevent similar tragedies in the future.
"A wire rope that was here killed a child, broke a family in two and
divided the community. But for that wire rope, Emi would still be here.
That bollard is instrumental in this case. If you couldn't tie off to
it, Emi would still be here today," said Bishop.
Neighbors said the cable fence that killed Munoz was supposed to keep
out cars that would drive on the grass.
Emi's death has hit the entire community, which has rallied together to >support his family, from a memorial to fundraisers and a community mass.
"We are so blessed that he touched so many hearts," said Munoz, "My
heart is broken, it is still broken."
Munoz and Stamatio find some comfort in the dozens of cards and messages
from friends and classmatesrCoproof of their son's profound impact in his >too-short life.
They told KING 5 that in Emi's last selfless act, his organs were
donated so he can help others, something they say he would have wanted.
According to the City of Everett, detectives with the Traffic Safety
Unit are investigating the incident.
Granted, this could have happened if he'd been riding an ordinary
bike, I guess.
But the fact that e-bikes can go a lot faster is one reason I am wary
of many modern gadgets - and why I don't buy them.
Granted, this could have happened if he'd been riding an ordinary bike,
I guess.
But the fact that e-bikes can go a lot faster is one reason I am wary of
many modern gadgets - and why I don't buy them.
(Yes, I know there are loopholes in the law that allow this; it all
kind of started with ATVs - which, incidentally, are very dangerous
things). Those loopholes need to be closed!)
15.07.2025 18:42 Uhr Kenny McCormack wrote:
(Yes, I know there are loopholes in the law that allow this; it all
kind of started with ATVs - which, incidentally, are very dangerous >>things). Those loopholes need to be closed!)
Don't they have any parents that can handle that?
But the fact that e-bikes can go a lot faster is one reason I am
wary of many modern gadgets - and why I don't buy them.
That, and why aren't healthy people riding bicycles for exercise any
more?
In the previous article, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
But the fact that e-bikes can go a lot faster is one reason I am
wary of many modern gadgets - and why I don't buy them.
That, and why aren't healthy people riding bicycles for exercise any
more?
This might just be Cranky Old Man Yelling At Cloud ... but I think
it's way, WAY more dangerous on the road for cyclists now than it was
30 or 40 years ago. In the 70's I rode on a shoulderless two-lane
county highway, 13 miles each way, to and from school. (Not in the
winter; this was Minnesota.)
In the 90's in SE Michigan and later in the 90's in SW Michigan,
things got progressively worse over time. Again, maybe I'm just
cranky, but I am convinced that drivers are way, way worse and way,
way more aggressive and obnoxious and just plain stupid than they were
when I was younger.