Florida attorney who fought helmet laws dies in motorcycle crash
by Gloria Oladipo from US news | The Guardian on (#6553R)
Ron Smith and his girlfriend, Brenda Jeanan Volpe, weren't wearing helmets in fatal August crash
For almost a decade, Ron Smith, an attorney and avid motorcycle rider from Pinellas county, Florida, advocated against laws which said motorcyclists had to wear helmets to ride. Eventually, the state law changed.
This August, Smith, 66, and his girlfriend, Brenda Jeanan Volpe, 62, died in a fatal motorcycle crash. Neither was wearing a helmet, the Tampa Bay Times reported.
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