[GailA]

This explanation makes more sense than what has been written so far.

[YaYa123]

Well, if you try long enough, you can eventually come up with an explanation that won't be laughed off the front pages.

[OldFriend]

Major seizures and the man is driving..........thanks for endangering the lives of untold others.

[Catspaw]

My brother-in-law's seizure disorder didn't show up until his mid-40's. Unfortunately, he was going about 50 mph down a county trunk road, barrelled through a cow pasture and rolled his company car when he had his first seizure. Amazingly--because of his seat belt and an air bag--he walked away from the accident, bruised and shaken. But at least he got treatment. Even so, he's had two more minor seizures--early on, when they were fiddling with his meds--but he's been seizure-free for the past decade.

[Rain-maker]

Hmmm...public doesn't buy the first BS "he fell" story. so the spindoctor comes in da house!

Stay tuned for next week, when the good doctor was actually targeted by renegade Quakers with a silkworm missle.

[uvular]

FYI

What the heck does 12d and 43b mean?

Has it been verified there were construction signs on the bridge that night? Did the medical examiner release this information via the press conference he promised, or was it found out through phone calls?

[uvular]

Two other stories on this today on tennessean.com and boston.com.

As someone else mentioned, why would a guy afraid of heights and with a history of seizures get out of a car on a bridge? Why would he care if there was damage; it was a rented car.

These other stories also stae 2 lanes of traffic were closed due to construction, and investigators believe he was probably confused by the large amount of construction in the area and took a wrong turn on the highway...

[pttttt]

Smith said Wiley, 57, had suffered from "an infrequent and poorly understood seizure disorder" for years. He said Wiley kept the condition private and wasn't being treated for it.

Thanks for the interesting article. It does raise some questions. Why isn't this "seizure disorder" (which sounds, bogusly, like a quirky 19th century made-up disease name like conniption fits) called "epilepsy"? Perceived social stigma? I'm by no means a medical expert, but I thought epilepsy was so treatable that people with it could lead unrestricted lives, so this guy wouldn't have had to surrender his driver's license (which may have motivated the secrecy, risking the lives of everyone he shared the road with) if he'd fessed up and gotten treatment. Or are there other kinds of "seizure disorders"? There can also be a number of possible causes of seizures, including brain trauma and concussion, brain tumors, and strokes. They aren't usually called "seizure disorders".

And seizures came on when he got tired. That's scary, knowing he habitually drove long distances. How many more are out there. This guy was kind of a terrorist himself, if this story is true.