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Photos: ROT Rally Weekend 2013

Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon, KUT News
ROT Rally riders sped to a safer celebration this year.

Another Republic of Texas Biker Rally has come and gone.

In contrast to years past, this year’s ROT Rally was marred by fewer deaths and injuries. Only one death was reported – on Thursday, when a woman fell off a motorcycle into a guardrail on Interstate 35. Austin/Travis County EMS have listed all its motorcycle incident responses over ROT Rally weekend. 

Still, that’s an improvement over last year’s rally, when three motorcycle riders were killed. Event organizers estimated the rally attracted as many as 200,000 people.

KUT was at the rally this weekend; below, take a look at a slideshow powered by the KUT Austin Flickr page

Wells has been a part of KUT News since 2012, when he was hired as the station's first online reporter. He's currently the social media host and producer for Texas Standard, KUT's flagship news program. In between those gigs, he served as online editor for KUT, covering news in Austin, Central Texas and beyond.
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