Posted on 04/18/2007 3:14:05 PM PDT by SmithL
Trenton, N.J. (AP) -- It was an ominous tale — an erratic driver in a red pickup racing wildly along the nation's busiest toll road sends the governor's sport utility vehicle careening into a guard rail.
But that story, relayed hours after Gov. Jon S. Corzine was critically injured, has been debunked by a new state police report detailing how his driver was dashing with emergency lights flashing at 91 mph in a 65 mph zone. The alleged erratic driver wasn't a villain but a young man trying to get out of the way of the governor's onrushing SUV.
Corzine's driver, State Trooper Robert Rasinski, 34, has also come under scrutiny for allowing the governor ride without a seat belt, a violation of state law. Corzine remained in critical condition on a ventilator Wednesday with 11 broken ribs and a severely broken leg; Rasinski wore a seat belt and walked away from the crash.
State Police Superintendent Col. Rick Fuentes defended his initial praise of the trooper, whom he said "should be commended for his valiant attempt to avoid this catastrophe" immediately after last week's accident.
"In some respects you have the fog of war there in the beginning," Fuentes said. "You have a very major event. You have a lot of different variables in that event. The investigation is at its very earliest phase and things are going to change."
State Police Capt. Al Della Fave said he didn't know if Rasinski requested Corzine fasten his seat belt, but said a state police review board will decide the trooper's responsibility for both his driving speed and Corzine's failure to wear a seat belt.
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Well...well....well.
Thanks for the article.
Words fail me. They’re going to nail the TROOPER for not making a 60 year-old GROWN MAN put his seatbelt on? Oh, no, it’s not CORZINE’S fault, it’s the TROOPER’S fault.
How about doing 90 mph? Sheesh. In any event, he can still cite the governor but that would probably be "scrutinized" too.
New Jersey!
Rats will claim police misconduct, again.
“In some respects you have the fog of war there in the beginning,”
Then the fog clears and you see the coverup.
It’s good to be King.
Your point?
/sarc
Sounds like Corzine had a false sense of security or was in denial that he could ever be injured. Kinda like some idiots feel about the Islamo-fascist threat. Stupid, dangerous mind set. But we suffer for their putting their power over what is best for our country.
PING
Yup. Pilot-in-command...
isn't the governor a grown-up?
What’s wrong with doing 90 mph? Last week, I did 180 kph (112 mph) in a van, with my entire family in it.
We escaped unscathed.
If it hadn’t been a POS rental, I am sure I could have done 150 mph.
I remember that. Also, Grayout used to use the CHP copter all the time (as does Corzine but it was overcast the day of the accident). As rats, they pretty much get a pass though...
“Corzine’s driver, State Trooper Robert Rasinski, 34, has also come under scrutiny for allowing the governor ride without a seat belt, a violation of state law.”
Read: Liberals are never responsible for their own actions.
And they assigned him to drive the Governor??
You must live in Southern California where speeding seems to be a way of life...
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