OMAHA – Seth Lyskoski is in the hospital, grateful to be alive following a hit-and-run near 108th and Maple Street on Monday night.
“I could have died on the side of the road and they just left,” says Lyskoski.
His back and right leg are fractured, and he has numerous bruises throughout his body.
“I feel absolutely horrible,” Lyskoski said. “I do not understand how this person could hit me.”
Lyskoski was riding his motorcycle to a friend’s house when he claimed a car rear-ended him at a stoplight. A medic told dispatchers how far he was carried by the car.
“He did ride the hood on the vehicle probably another 100 yards before he fell off.”
“I was crawling on my hands and knees, spitting chunks of my teeth into my helmet,” Lyskoski told reporters. “I bit my tongue really hard and I was gasping for air.”
Stephanie Pollitt, a riding academy teacher at Dillon Brothers Harley Davidson, finds incidents like these frightening, but Seth’s story serves as a safety reminder to those on the road.
“Give cars the right of way and get away from cars,” Pollitt advised. “Anticipate that people can not see us and ride like they can not see us.”
Police in Omaha have yet to identify the driver who caused the accident.
Lyskoski, on the other hand, is content simply to be alive.
“I am pretty sure it was my father cause I always carried him on my necklace,” Lyskoski joked.
Lyskoski is expected to leave the hospital tomorrow, but says his recovery will take another eight to ten weeks.