S. 1st Street, Austin, Tx., North of Emerald Wood Dr. #2

In Loving Memory

Maria Natividad Corona

1957-2010

S. 1st Street, Austin, Tx., North of Emerald Wood Dr. #1

Prince Valiant Dr., Austin, Tx.

The name on the cross is Stephanie Hester. 

Ride of Silence

Ride of Silence is another site on the Web that bring awareness to those who died along the road while riding bikes.  They organize rides across the across the country as well as have memorial page to record those who were lost.

Roadside Ghost Bikes

Where Cyclists Once Rode, Ghost Bikes Stand Vigil is a NPR Story about a New York Group that paints bikes white and leaves them at places where a biker has died.

A site that helps gather information on such sites is called is Ghostbikes.org

Union Chapel Road, Cedar Creek, Tx

Woodward and Hwy 71/Ben White, Austin, Tx.

Hwy 71, just east of Bastrop, Tx.

Highway 181 near IH37, Texas

Aransas Pass, Tx

Rockport, Tx. On 35 near exit for 181

Highway 181 and St. Anthony, Sinton, Texas

I did not see any markers or plaques that might give me more information at this site.

1215 W. Slaughter Lane, Austin, Texas

Outside the entrance to Iron Rock Ranch Apartments, there is a silver cross with a football helmet.  The cross is for Bowie High School coach, Wade Pittsford.

Thelma and South 1st, Austin Texas

I first saw this memorial when it was new a few weeks ago but did not have my camera. That oversight ended up being fortuitous. When I stopped to take photos today, a lady pulled up behind me and came to view the memorial. She was the mother of one of the children who died from the accident. Her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend were struck by a truck as they tried to cross South 1st at the crosswalk.

There is no stop light at this corner and there have been several demonstrations since the incident to have once placed here.