He certainly was robbed.
Posted on 07/15/2019 8:27:16 AM PDT by C19fan
Norfolk native and boxing legend, Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker, 55, died Sunday evening after being hit by a vehicle in Virginia Beach near the intersection of Northampton Boulevard and Baker Road.
A family member confirmed to News 3 that the Olympic gold medal winner and four-weight world champion was killed in the 10 p.m., crash.
Police said the driver of the vehicle that allegedly struck Whitaker stayed at the scene and is cooperating with officers.
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He could take a punch, until one day in Virginia Beach.
This kinda speaks to why I don’t bicycle commute any more. Too dangerous with cell phones and texting. I’m not saying this guy was doing that, but it does cause a lot of this.
I creamed a pedestrian back in 2006, but people need to rembmber that roads are for cars, except at crosswalks. I know it was 2006 because my car was brand new and he dented my hood with his head.
Did it buff out ok?
It was a scion xB. I was able to put one of those bug guards on the car and it hid the dent. The guy tried to sue me twice, but the insurance handled it. They made it clear they would not roll over for him and nothing came of it. He was clearly at fault. It’s why I never lost sleep over it. I saw myself as the engineer on a train that plowed into a car trying to beat a signal. i.e. it had nothing to do with me.
RIP. That 1984 US Olympic boxing team was something else. Of course no Cubans fought against them but still a pile of gold medals and future world champions.
I bike, but rarely after dark, and if it’s dark I have lights and get on the damn sidewalk even though it’s illegal.
Actually he wasn’t even on a bicycle. He just got killed for crossing the street.
He just got killed for crossing the street.
He just got killed for crossing the street.
Those videos have taught me to look both ways, even in a cross walk.
Actually he wasn’t even on a bicycle. He just got killed for crossing the street.
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I notice the article says he was hit near an intersection, not in an intersection. Was he using a crosswalk?
Yes, and a 5 or 6 lane crossing, at night, with people (both peds and drivers) either drunk or texting rather than being attentive, it’s a damn dangerous sport being a pedestrian.
You have to be so careful, and even then, with the light and the crosswalk your way, someone still might blow through.
I don’t know. Was he sober? was the driver? Who had the light? None of that is answered, and may not be known. He’s dead though, for sure.
If you live in or near any large city, can you honestly say that you’ve seen more than five per cent of them actually using crosswalks? Not here in Baltimore.
He certainly was robbed.
I remind EVERYONE to trust NO ONE when on the road. Whether you are driving, biking, or walking, always anticipate the driver you are looking at is distracted or isn’t seeing you.
People are blowing Stop signs and Red lights in an increasing and alarming way.
The police say it was in the intersection. However, Google Maps shows Northampton Road is eight lanes with no crosswalk, so I can guess what happened.
Police press release:
Bicycles on motorways is insanity. Bicycles on sidewalks makes sense.
Made it entertaining to watch someone avoid getting hit. He had to have big one’s to know that was his strategy every time he stepped into the ring against bigger, stronger opponents. Saw him live in Vegas in 1992 on a double bill with Riddick Bowe. It was 113 degrees out when I got off the plane.
R.I.P. Pernell.
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