To shield and serve is what’s anticipated. And a stage of human decency is what we hope for. But none had been supplied to 67-year-old Robert Sayen.

On Friday, May twenty ninth, Sayen was hit and killed whereas using his motorbike by an Alabama police officer who left the scene afterward.

Here’s every little thing we all know to this point.

Intersection Chaos

The collision occurred on the intersection of Ziegler Blv and Cody Rd in Mobile, Alabama. Security digital camera footage reveals the police officer’s SUV showing to not decelerate for a flashing yellow gentle whereas touring on Ziegler and disappearing out of body after the collision. A flashing yellow gentle signifies that you must proceed with warning.

The visitors gentle on Cody Rd, on which Sayen was touring, was flashing crimson, which signifies it’s worthwhile to cease earlier than continuing when it is protected to take action.

Seven folks referred to as in to report the accident, two of which indicated that it was a police SUV that had hit Sayen earlier than leaving the scene. Here’s what one of many callers needed to say,

Yes, I’m on the nook of Cody and Zeigler, I simply noticed a police officer in a van, uh truck, hit a bike and saved going. He hit this man and saved going. Right in entrance of us, it is a bunch of individuals out right here.

When the press made their method out to the scene, a photographer for Fox10 News discovered the police automobile practically 1 / 4 mile away from the scene of the accident.

The visitors lights on the intersection had been malfunctioning, and a metropolis employee was en route to repair them when the accident occurred. 

Repercussions and GoFundMe

The officer concerned has been taken off the streets and positioned on administrative responsibility whereas the investigation is ongoing. 

Sayen’s household has began a GoFundME web page with a goal of $2,500.