Posted on 06/11/2012 2:16:03 AM PDT by No One Special
Authorities are investigating a series of traffic collisions in the San Gabriel Valley involving U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson, authorities said Saturday.
Bryson was found unconscious in his vehicle and has been hospitalized, officials said.
Bryson was driving a Lexus in the 400 block of South San Gabriel Boulevard shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday, when he allegedly rear-ended a Buick as it was waiting for a train to pass, according to a statement released by the L.A. County Sheriff's Department and the San Gabriel Police Department.
After briefly stopping to talk to the three men inside the Buick, Bryson left the location in the Lexus and then struck the Buick a second time, authorities said. The men followed Bryson's car and called 911 to ask for police assistance.
Bryson continued to drive his Lexus into Rosemead, which is patrolled by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. There, he allegedly crashed into a second vehicle near the intersection of San Gabriel Boulevard and Hellman Avenue.
There authorities found him alone and unconscious behind the wheel of his car.
Bryson was treated at the scene by Los Angeles County firefighters. Authorities said drugs or alcohol do not appear to have played a role in the crash. They said Bryson was cooperative. He was cited for felony hit and run but was not booked into jail because he had been admitted to the hospital. His condition was not known.
According to his official biography, Bryson was chairman of Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison for 18 years until 2008.
"Throughout a distinguished career in which he's led nonprofits, government agencies and large companies, he's been a fierce proponent of alternative energy," President Obama said in announcing Bryson's nomination last year.
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Likely some kind of drug medication involved. Could have been something like a low sugar level even.
Likely some kind of drug medication involved. Could have been something like a low sugar level even.
Didn’t think of that. Sounds probable.
There, he allegedly crashed into a second vehicle near the intersection of San Gabriel Boulevard and Hellman Avenue.
Well at least he’s not into venture capital or private equity.
Idle hands are the Devil's playground including Demon Rum.
Maybe he’ll roll out the Twinkie Defense.
Why are Dem Commerce Secretaries so odd ? Wasn’t Clinton’s killed in a small plane crash after soliciting bribes from corporations to accompany him on trade missions ?
Maybe this is the Obama version of Arkanside for underlings who know too much. Drug or poison him and expect him to die in a car crash.
If I were the doctors, I would check for Earwigs...
I expect him to blame it on the problems he inherited from the Bush administration.
I would say you’re probably right on with your assessment. They are quick to say it’s not drugs or alcohol suspected, so that makes me think there was something they could clearly tell was physiologically based. Maybe even perhaps some kind of a stroke or seizure? Like you said though - low blood sugar/insulin overdose, etc.. could be a possibility as well.
It will be interesting to hear what the *official* story is.
weird.....it’s hitting the same buick trice that doesn’t compute to a medical problem.
Clinton transferred the regulatory control of our top secret defense technologies to Commerce after he put buddy Ron in charge and then Ron allowed our most advanced and sensitive secrets, like missile guidance systems and the miniaturization of nuclear warheads to be sold to the Red Chinese—while at the same time HUGE campaign contributions from China were flowing in Clinton's campaign coffers.
He did die in a plane crash in the Balkans just in time to miss his subpoenaed appearance before the Oversight Committees—some said his body was found in the wreckage with a large bullet hole in the top of his skull.
Hard to believe but the current White House makes THAT crooked administration look like a home for over virtuous nuns.
A high level govt official manages not to get tested for booze after multiple hit and run accidents? Yeah I buy it.
Maybe the security leaks are coming from him and Obama had to get rid of him like Ron Brown.
Bryson was just following his radical Socialist calling and redistributing his Lexus to the occupants of the lowly Buick.
BTW, look up Bryson. He is an extreme leftist scumbag with ties to Bill Ayers, Van Jones, et al. He’s an ultra-envirokook who wants to get rid of ALL carbon based energy sources (at least those that don’t power his Lexus, I guess).
Well, I’m sure they’ll release the 911 tapes made by the people in the Buick - or at least that SHOULD be standard protocol. The people in the buick spoke to him for a few minutes, and if anything they should have been able to detect if he was drunk. If he has a known medical condition or an emergency ID bracelet perhaps that pointed to exactly what was wrong with the guy.
They’ll have plenty of blood to test at the hospital, that’s for sure. If the guy was unconscious as they stated when they found him, then their first instinct probably was not to do a field sobriety or breathalyzer test.
Could the Ministry of Truth media name which "authority" told them that or did they just make it up? Since the word Republican isn't in the title or every 5th word, and the word Democrat appears nowhere, that means he's a Democrat.
I’m thinking since he hit the car the first time from behind while waiting for a train, perhaps he hit them again from behind at a different stop sign - or perhaps hit their car trying to go around theirs after the train passed.
I’m not trying to defend the guy - just trying to think of possibilities because it is extremely strange. At least he’s been charged with a Felony. That SHOULD end his career pretty quickly.
*Conspiracy Note* - Maybe it IS a *medical problem*, but not his... :) LOL Obamacare IS a matter of commerce (acc. to the Dems), perhaps getting rid of Bryson is one of those *contingencies* they were talking about if SCOTUS knocks it down?
Just a real world job creator! Think of the folks who will be employed to clean up after his messes...watch for more of this innovative activity as the election nears...:))
West of the Rockies that should be 'Best Foods Avenue.'
And they can make this statement because the tox screen that takes hours and days has already been made?
I wonder if CNN’s Jack Cafferty reported on this incident? Jack is said to be an expert on hit-and-run accidents.
The economy made him sick.
stroke?
Sounds like Ambien again.
Anyway, hopefully the felony charge sticks and this clown’s career ends. I remember when Southern California Edison (the biggest electric utility in Southern California) chose him, given his history as an ‘environmental lawyer’. People that live there are paying through the teeth for power, in no small part due to him.
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The Private Sector is doing just fine!
Changing the subject.....
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...strange, but the media (NYT, LA Times, and Washington Post) is actually reporting this on their web pages.
Maybe this is simply the Administration’s way of removing him from office?
They have been instructed to cover up this DWI.
It is a coincidence, but today I was thinking over the John Wheeler case - so very strange - and as far as I know, no real explanation was ever given. He was wandering around disoriented, which seems similar to this.
The article says he was a founder of the National Resources Defense Council, so he’s a colleague of Robert Kennedy Jr.
I’m not sure intoxication is needed for these people to feel entitled, and do weird things when they have to interact with the little people. They’re intoxicated with themselves.
if he wasn’t diabetic Friday, he will be today.
it’ll be his new found condition he never knew he had.
Really weird indeed...left the scene and then hit the same car again? How in the world?
“West of the Rockies that should be ‘Best Foods Avenue.’
LOL! That mayo thread WAS a lot of fun!
But, sigh, now it’s monday, back to the hard work of trying to keep up with the nincompoops of the Obama administration.
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The official story will be bullsh!t as usual.
Or a stroke, maybe a slow bleed.
Amazing how quickly they can determine that. It takes months for toxicology results to come back on people like Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse, even though we know the both of them abused drugs and alcohol. Yet if it's somebody in the Obama Administration, they can tell us right away that drugs and alcohol had nothing to do with it.
Narcolepsy?
So he hits one car, tries to run, then hits the same car a second time, then flees again, hits a second unrelated vehicle with so much force he’s knocked out. And our wonderful law enforcement officers don’t arrest him, or test him for alcohol or drugs. Two sets of rules, one for serfs one for lords.
He just wants to be like his hero, Teddy Kennedy.
Oops....they made sure to say he was found alone.....something fishy here.
He knows too much.
Authorities said drugs or alcohol do not appear to have played a role in the crash.
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Well, for his sake, from a legal standpoint, that’s good news. But, possibly not good news from a medical standpoint. Must be something like a mini-stroke or something.
Was he the only one in the vehicle?
or hypnosis
At least it wasn't Bill Bryson--he needs to be safe and sound to keep writing books.
He would have done no damage to either car if he drove a Smart Car. In fact, he would not have been able to drive away after the first hit.
or hypnosis
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