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Corzine's driver faces police review
Friday, April 20, 2007
By JOHN P. McALPIN and JOSH GOHLKE - AP
An internal state police panel of accident experts will decide if
Governor Corzine's driver was at fault in last week's crash, and only
the state police superintendent will say if he will face disciplinary
action.
That has some experts wondering if the state police should be the only
ones reviewing an accident where their driver was speeding and the
governor not wearing his seat belt. In some cases, courts have approved
outside monitors to review police actions to ensure public
accountability, experts noted.
(snip)
Corzine's case, however, is different. Not so much so because of the
trooper's passenger, but for how the accident was presented to the public.
At first, state police said it was the driver of a red pickup truck that
caused last week's crash and that speed played no part in the wreck.
Then came word that Rasinski was using the SUV's emergency lights to
move traffic out of the way as Corzine headed to Princeton to broker a
meeting between disgraced radio star Don Imus and the Rutgers women's
basketball team.
On Tuesday, Fuentes said crash data showed Rasinski was going at least
91 mph seconds before the crash. The highway's posted speed limit is 65 mph.
Now police believe that the driver of the red pickup was trying to avoid
Corzine's car, believing there was an accident or other emergency. That
truck driver moved to the highway's shoulder but lost control and
swerved back into traffic. The driver of a white Dodge Ram moved to
avoid the red Ford and then struck Corzine's SUV.
Corzine
Corzine's driver faces police review
Friday, April 20, 2007
By JOHN P. McALPIN and JOSH GOHLKE - AP
An internal state police panel of accident experts will decide if
Governor Corzine's driver was at fault in last week's crash, and only
the state police superintendent will say if he will face disciplinary
action.
That has some experts wondering if the state police should be the only
ones reviewing an accident where their driver was speeding and the
governor not wearing his seat belt. In some cases, courts have approved
outside monitors to review police actions to ensure public
accountability, experts noted.
(snip)
Corzine's case, however, is different. Not so much so because of the
trooper's passenger, but for how the accident was presented to the public.
At first, state police said it was the driver of a red pickup truck that
caused last week's crash and that speed played no part in the wreck.
Then came word that Rasinski was using the SUV's emergency lights to
move traffic out of the way as Corzine headed to Princeton to broker a
meeting between disgraced radio star Don Imus and the Rutgers women's
basketball team.
On Tuesday, Fuentes said crash data showed Rasinski was going at least
91 mph seconds before the crash. The highway's posted speed limit is 65 mph.
Now police believe that the driver of the red pickup was trying to avoid
Corzine's car, believing there was an accident or other emergency. That
truck driver moved to the highway's shoulder but lost control and
swerved back into traffic. The driver of a white Dodge Ram moved to
avoid the red Ford and then struck Corzine's SUV.
Corzine