I knew when I first drove by the intersection at 5:55 p.m. on Thursday that it was a bad accident. Directly across from Panera Bread on West Broad Street were many, many flares and about 5 police cruisers. I couldn’t really see what had happened, except a dark colored SUV had its front end banged up. As I drove back down Broad Street after my workout at 8:15 p.m. the scene hadn’t changed much. All the flairs had burned out. And the car looked like it was going to be impounded. Officers were spraying orange spray paint on the street and on the tires of the car and measuring exact distances for their police report. I figured it was a grim situation if they were going to all that trouble….and unfortunately, I was right. Crossing the street (especially Broad Street) is more dangerous than it looks.

A Richmond man hit by a sport utility vehicle Thursday while trying to cross West Broad Street near Willow Lawn Drive in Henrico County died yesterday at VCU Medical Center.

Dwayne Keith Felder, 37, of the 1200 block of St. Paul Street was jaywalking when the SUV hit him about 5:15 p.m., state police said.

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