Sounds like more than 25 MPH to me. The gradual right-hand bend from MP into PA is not the easiest, especially with lanes full of traffic. But at 1am and the pinball path it sounds like excessive speed and possible impairment were likely factors. Too bad.

I disagree. The roads were very slippery on Saturday it being the first heavy rain of the season. The legal speed limit of 25 MPH is actually quite fast so I doubt he was exceeding the speed limit at that location.

However, it is noted that he was a young man in his 20s who simply may not have had the experience to know to slow way down on our slick wet streets. A real tragedy.

I drive from my home in Community Center to play Bridge at the east end of San Antonio Road every Wednesday evening. My experience along Channing and East Bayshore the last couple of weeks has been I simply can not see the stripes that supposedly demarcate the traffic lanes. I am familiar with the route, and drive at a reasonable speed, but I don't feel comfortable driving along this route.

I could go another way, but that is not the point--this dark, rainy weather we experience now and many other years calls for markings on the streets to keep them safe under such conditions. Who knows at this point what contributed to this young man's unfortunate demise, but as one who has driven that part of Middlefield many times, it can be confusing, especially in the rain and at night.

Tragic accident--until we get the toxicology results, speed, mechanical condition of the car etc the the cause remains a mystery

I think if you don't feel comfortable on a wet road at a certain speed, then you have to slow down more. The written speed limit is too fast if you can't control your car.

The police report should have an estimate of the driver's speed. Hopefully the Weekly will print that.

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"Tragic accident--until we get the toxicology results, speed, mechanical condition of the car etc the the cause remains a mystery"

WHAT!!??? This is PA Online! We have a sacred right to weigh in with opinion, invective, judgement, innuendo and whatever else our little fingers feel like typing.

We do have a civic image to uphold after all!