Posted on 02/05/2007 10:48:10 AM PST by highimpact
Motorcyclist Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries
TITUSVILLE, Fla. -- The driver of a pickup is accused of leaving the scene of a crash Sunday after colliding with a motorcylist who ended up in the bed of his truck, according to Titusville police.
Lewis Spicuzza, 68, of Macon, Ga., was driving a 1994 Chevrolet pickup southbound on Brown Avenue around 3:30 p.m. when he ran a stop sign at Garden Street, pulling into the path of a motorcyclist, police said.
The unidentified motorcycle driver struck Lewis' pickup and landed in the back of the truck, according to a police report.
Police said Lewis drove away before pulling over about one-half mile from the crash site and flagging down a passing motorist, who happened to be Titusville Police Department Chaplain Rev. Ray Johnson.
The motorcyclist was transported to Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne with life-threatening injuries.
It's not known if Lewis knew the motorcyclist was in the bed of his truck when he left the scene, police said.
Alcohol may have been a factor in the crash, and a blood draw of Lewis, who may be charged at a later date, was ordered by investigators.
The name of the motorcyclist is being withheld until relatives are notified.
Stupidity is a likely culprit as well. Prayers for the innocent motorcyclist.
Fl-Expat Biker PING
charge him with kidnapping too
maybe they could get him on a forcible confinement
or
illegal hitch-hiking
I had the same thing happen to me several years ago, except I hit a chicken.
Hit-and-run victim left to die in windshield of car
Pretty horiffic. Guy lasted two or three days in her garage. She only got 50 years.
what's Janklow doing down there?
Seat belt violation most likely.
I do now. Thanks alot! Yeesh.
Been there, got sewed up, silvadened, bandaged, billed, left. :-)
He's there teaching the vehicular homicide excuses class.
I had the same thing happen to me several years ago, except I hit a chicken.
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Wow! What kind of motorcycle was the chicken riding? Was the chicken wearing a helmet?
Hey, I came this '--' close to posting a picture of the perp. Then you really would have been sorry.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To be the main course of honor at a picnic given by RacerF150.
I never had roadkill before.
Too late. That Skank's mug shot is burned into my brain.
Musta not been an illegal, as he eventually stopped.
I didn't know the stupid bird had landed in the bed of my truck. It wasn't until lunchtime (about 6 hours later) when one of the laborers went to fetch everyone’s lunchbox that the chicken was found. I forgot who took it home, but it wasn't me.
There was a similar incident in Fairbanks last night.
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