Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Corzine's Accident

When New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine was nearly killed in a car accident on his way to the meeting between the Rugters women's basketball team and Don Imus, his Chevy Suburban, driven by a state trooper was traveling at 91 mph on the Garden State Parkway.
The car had it's emergency lights on to clear traffic from the left lane (of two).
Drivers in both lanes moved over but one nearly ran into a roadway mile marker. He moved back left to avoid it, and the driver from the left lane who had been moving over also veered to the left.
The Governor's Suburban hit the rear left of this car with its front right.

"This impact caused Trooper Rasinski to lose control and travel toward the wooded center median. Subsequent corrective steering to the right caused the Suburban to slide clockwise from the paved roadway and shoulder into the western grass berm. There it struck a milepost marker, and then impacted the end of the guide rail. The rail hit immediately behind the left front wheel and penetrated the vehicle's body, continuing through the front seat floorboard area. The SUV abruptly rotated 180 degrees, before coming to rest with its back portion on top of the guide rail."

Mama Poop wants the state trooper to be given a speeding ticket and Corzine to be cited for failure to wear his seatbelt. I don't really see the point.

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