Is the man on motorbike hit on 9/27 at Lombardy & Broad ok?

Submitted by a_real_tomato t3_xtcc8y in rva

At around 1:30pm on Tuesday 9/27, a man on a Vespa or something was turning left onto Lombardy from Broad and was hit by a car. I was trying to turn right onto Lombardy when I saw him in the road, and ambulances and fire trucks were arriving just then. He wasn’t moving, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about him since. Does anyone know if he’s okay?

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CyranoDeBurlapSack t1_iqpx7tq wrote

I have been digging. Checked out multiple news sites and a few traffic/crash statistic data aggregator websites and I’ve come up with nothing. I would like to think that means everything is good since it didn’t make the news. “No news is good news”

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[deleted] t1_iqqtsnh wrote

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CyranoDeBurlapSack t1_iqr4wv7 wrote

ID shouldn't affect stats, or reportability.

https://www.treds.virginia.gov/Mapping/Map/CrashesByJurisdiction showed only a single incident at the intersection in July of this year.

I also checked nbc 12's website and cbs 6. Went back through crime stories by date and nothing showed on either site.

This morning for good measure I checked https://www.rva.gov/police/crime-incident-information for the four neighborhoods surrounding the incident location and found a few unrelated things for 9/27.

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dreww4546 t1_iqqunjj wrote

I agree, a fatality would have made the news somehow.

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wappa_wappa_bleh t1_iqr88am wrote

Saw a dude get killed on his scooter in Danville last weekend and it took several days to show up on the news

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a_real_tomato OP t1_iqs9bhq wrote

Hope you’re right! I’m surprised I couldn’t find anything either. I have the screenshot from the police scanner dispatch right after the accident but that’s all I have.

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iMelancholyKid t1_iqsrukm wrote

he was conscious talking and moving his hands and arms but everyone told him to sit still and not move until emts arrive. his helmet saved his brain, but I'm sure he he probably had a few broken bones and internal bleeding. the Vespa wasn't destroyed destroyed so he wasn't hit at a super high speed but certainly hit at a rate of 25-30 which certainly crunched and tossed him around a bit. he was like 20 ft from the moped.

I don't recommend anyone turning left at the light, it's very blind to oncoming from the people oppositely turning left.

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