A white Ford Escort driven by Adam L. Lunn, 24 of Roberts, collided with a 1995 Yamaha motorcycle driven by Adam J. Gadach, 33 of New Richmond, Saturday night near the intersection of St. Croix County Road G and 160th Avenue.
Lunn was driving east on St. Croix County Road G at approximately 9:46 p.m. when his 1994 Ford crossed the center line and veered completely into the westbound lane where Gadach was traveling.
Lunn's vehicle hit the motorcycle driven by Gadach head-on, causing Gadach's helmet, which he was wearing, to land in Lunn's vehicle.
The St. Croix County Sheriff's Department, New Richmond EMS and Fire Department responded to the crash site.
Gadach was flown by LifeLink to Regions Hospital following the accident where he is listed in serious condition.
When Lunn's vehicle came to rest in the south ditch on St. Croix County Road G, he fled on foot.
Officers located Lunn at his Roberts residence around 10 a.m. the following day and took him into custody, according to Sheriff Dennis Hillstead.
Hillstead said Lunn was taken directly to Hudson Medical Center for a voluntary blood draw.
"Alcohol may have played a role in the accident," Hillstead said. "The incident remains under investigation at this time."
Lunn has been charged with hit and run involving great bodily harm, failure to notify police of an accident and reckless driving, endangering safety, according to Hillstead.
Gadach's mother said her son is recovering but is seriously hurt.
"He's going to make it, but it's going to be a long road," Jeannie McKee said. She noted that the only thing that saved Gadach's life was the fact that he was wearing a helmet.
A CaringBridge site has been posted on the Internet to update people of Gadach's condition. Go to CaringBridge and type in "adamgadach" to view the page and send messages.
Gadach is a 1992 New Richmond High School graduate. He was returning home following a softball tournament when he was struck.

 

We pray for Adam's complete recovery

 

Prayers for Adam's full recovery, and my hope that the driver of the car gets swift and harsh justice.

 

Uh, maybe someone can help me here. If the helmet landed in the truck due to impact how did it save his life? Oh, I am really glad therider is going to make it and hope the driver gets his a$$ kicked. Karma has a way of getting these A$$hats.

 

My thoughts exactly. I think people are too quick to say things like that. If he hadn't had a helmet on, and he had died..they would've more than likely blamed it on the fact that he didn't have a helmet on even if that wouldn't have changed anything. Same thing with seat belts. Big brother controls us much more than they should ever be allowed to. "You have to wear a helmet or we'll fine you" "You have to wear a seatbelt or we'll fine you" ..what ever happened to having a choice? [>:] ..it's your life, and not wearing a helmet or seatbelt will not affect anyone else. I say put a cap on the seatbelt law at 12 years old..and whenever a person turns 13 years old, they get to have a choice to wear a seatbelt or not. Same thing for helmet.

I hereby swear that this is solely my opinion and am not forcing my opinions on anyone else, and I wholely believe that this contains no phrases that could be misinterpreted as racial, sex, or age discrimination. Thank you.

 

Prayer for Adam and his family for a quick and healthy recovery!! God bless!!

 

I believe his head went through the windshield and then he was thrown from the car the helmet remained inside the car.

 

Prayers to the young rider and his family.

It seems like in the old days there was not nearly the percentage of accidents wherein a driver flees the scene as there are today. Particularly when another person has been hurt and maybe dying!

Those SOBs need to be fried[:@]!

 

Sad indeed! Thoughts and Prayers for him and his family from out west. That said, One more stupid cager to drop off at Sturgis!!!!!!!!!!!

 

You clearly don't get it man and when you are in a coma you will be, as now, oblivious to the real issue. Money. Helmets are proven to reduce head injuries. When you are a vegetable (hopefully not) you will find that your insurance company, family and/or friends, are not willing to cough up the $75k or so, per year, to watch your toenails grow.So the burden is placed on us to take care of your sorry a$$ in increased insurance premiums, etc. So your choice is to show me insurance that will take care of you the rest of your immobile life...lacking that, you remain, in my mind,a leech, disguised as a freedom protector. Yeah,I hate that cager that justalmost killed me, and in a 'free' world, I should be able to shoot his sorry a$$ without penalty. Let's suck off others for all we can get.