SALINE COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) — A Norwegian man attempting to rollerblade across the U.S. was killed in a hit-and-run in Kansas, officials said.

The Saline County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as 24-year-old Joachim Lanham.

Lanham was documenting his rollerblading journey across the U.S. on Instagram. According to a post from his family, he was hit by an SUV on day 22 of his journey from New York to Los Angeles

  • wowwoweowza@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Oh no… media addicted narcissist kills himself for upvotes by doing something dangerous and ill advised? What? Again? I’m shocked!

    (HUGE condolences to his loved ones. Seriously — this is a tragedy. I don’t blame cars. I blame this system that rewards narcissism plus risk. No thanks. I’m out. Again — if you are a grieving family member seeing this, I am so sorry for your loss.)

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      1 day ago

      What in the victim blaming bullshit are you on about?

      The villains here, in order of culpability are:

      The old lady who kept driving years or decades after she really should have turned in the keys

      The political class that continues to enshrine motornormativity and treat all methods of transport other than ecocidal narcissism as less-than.

      The culture of the US, created by carbrained assholes

      Absolutely not in any way the person killed by the assholes listed above for trying to do something fun and interesting.