News Blather Driver Kills Scooterist
| Driver Kills Scooterist |
| Monday, 12 June 2006 | |
 Scooterist struck, killed In case you missed it, here are the details as reported in the Spokesman-Review : Last Friday night, a driver waiting for a red light at the intersection of Sprague and Fancher jumped a median to bypass three cars ahead of it to continue through the intersection. Unfortunately, a rider on a Qianjiang motor scooter was in the intersection, and although the rider saw the car coming and jumped off the bike, the car simply plowed into him, killing him instantly. Witnesses said the driver just kept going, and escaped the scene headed east on I-90. Kayla at Camp heard that the rider, 29-year-old Robb Long of Spokane, was employed as a pharmacist at nearby Costco. Collin reports Robb was a former roommate of a co-worker, and was wearing a half-shell helmet that was forced off on impact. KXLY reported that autopsies showed he died immediately of massive head and chest injuries. When we first saw the story, we wondered if the car had actually jumped the curb in order to hit the rider – that maybe it was an outright murder. But after seeing television interviews with eyewitnesses, it sounds more likely that the incident was one involving an extremely impatient driver and a scooterist in the wrong place at the wrong time. That the driver, after mowing down the rider, simply sped off is perhaps the most disturbing part for those of us left to wonder: How many drivers are out there with so little regard for the lives of others? Is this type of “Grand Theft Auto” meets Mad-Max incident an aberration or something we may see more of? We look forward to seeing Robb Long’s killer caught and locked away. Witnesses say the male driver was behind the wheel of a silver 2000 Dodge Intrepid, now damaged. Spokesman-Review article (PDF archive) |
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