Maryland 'Batman' Killed on I-70: Police

The Baltimore area Batman who became famous after he was pulled over in his Lamborghini a few years ago has died, according to police.

Leonard Robinson, 51, of Owings Mills, was hit by a car at 10:31 p.m. Sunday in western Maryland after his custom vehicle—a Batmobile replica—had engine trouble and stopped partly in the fast lane on Interstate 70, Maryland State Police reported.

Robinson was checking the engine, standing in the fast lane, when a 39-year-old man from Charlottesville, Va., in a Toyota Camry hit the Batmobile and its owner, police reported.

When officials responded to I-70 west of Big Pool Road, medical personnel declared Robinson dead at the scene, according to the report.

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The crash occurred in an area of I-70 east that was not well lit, the Herald-Mail reported.

Robinson had been on his way home to Maryland after a car show in West Virginia when his Batmobile broke down, according to The Washington Post.

Retired after selling a commercial cleaning company he founded, Robinson became a local hero in his subsequent career as Batman, visiting and lifting the spirits of sick children in hospitals for more than a decade.

His website Superheroes for Kids states: “Lenny‘s mission is to entertain ill and terminally ill children by appearing to them as Batman and teaching them that just as Batman fights battles, no matter how hard or long their health battles may be, with the strength of will and determination, there is always hope!”

While on his way to visit sick children in 2012, he made headlines after Montgomery County police officers released images of the traffic stop they conducted in Silver Spring on his Lamborghini, which didn’t have tags.

He also posed for a photo with Howard County police in 2011 after getting a flat tire on Johns Hopkins Road.

A Washington Post reporter identified the man behind the mask in 2012 after the Montgomery County police dash cam video of his traffic stop went viral.

Robinson has three children of his own, according to The Washington Post.

Patch file photo.