Lenny Robinson who was known for visiting sick children while dressed up as Batman died on Sunday night, He was coming home from a car show in West Virginia, after his black Lamborghini broke down on the highway.
Robinson was having engine trouble and stopped “partially in the fast lane,” according to a state police. He was checking the engine when the Lamborghini was struck by a Toyota Camry, The Batmobile then hit Robinson.
The crash is still under investigation, but no charges have been filed yet, according to The Post.
Robinson had been visiting children in hospitals since 2001, when a video went viral of police pulling him over in Batman costume, he was stopped because he had a Batman logo instead of license plates.
Robinson bought the suit for $5,000 and spent more than $25,000 of his own money on Batman toys, books and T-shirts to give to kids.
“I’m just doing it for the kids,” he told The Post in 2012.
“Eventually, it sinks in and you become him,” Robinson told The Post. “It feels like I have a responsibility that’s beyond a normal person. And that responsibility is to be there for the kids, to be strong for them, and to make them smile as much as I can.”
Sad news. RIP Lenny Robinson aka Route 29 #Batman, a real life super hero. http://t.co/WLHFm7YkQ5
— Jojie Perez (@sizzlingsisa) August 17, 2015
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