Patrick Kennedy Crash Second in Three Weeks

NewsMax.com ^ | May 5, 2006 | Carl Limbacher

[Carl/NewsMax]

Patrick Kennedy's Capitol Hill car crash in the early hours of Thursday morning was the second vehicular mishap suffered by the Rhode Island Democrat in three weeks.

Appearing on ABC Radio's Mark Levin Show last night, WRKO Boston radio host Howie Carr detailed the earlier accident, which went unnoted outside of the local press in Providence, Rhode Island.

"The accident wasn't reported in the newspapers until almost a week after it happened," Carr complained in his own Boston Herald column last week.

"The story ended up in the D section of the Providence Journal, under the East Bay Sports Bulletin Board and a big story headlined, 'Two arrested after Newport tagging spree,'" he said.

On April 15 Kennedy was on his way to the drug store, driving a Ford Crown Victoria on Turnpike Avenue in Portsmouth, R.I., when he made an abrupt left turn into the path of an oncoming Nissan.

"By Kennedy standards, it was a fender-bender," Carr noted.

According to the police report, there was no indication that Kennedy was driving under the influence, with his physical condition described as "appearing normal."

Kennedy's handwriting after the accident, however, didn't appear normal, Carr told Levin, explaining that in Rhode Island police require drivers to write their own accident statement.

"It looks like it was written by a chimpanzee, or a 2-year-old," Carr said, speculating that it could been caused by "medications" Kennedy was taking.

After the second crash, Kennedy relased a statement saying he was taking Ambien, a drug linked to disoriented behavior in press reports.

[RushCrush]

Ouch. That's gonna leave a mark.

[Izzy Dunne]

he was taking Ambien, a drug linked to disoriented behavior in press reports.

How does him taking Ambien lead to disoriented press reports?

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Appearing on ABC Radio's Mark Levin Show last night, WRKO Boston radio host Howie Carr detailed the earlier accident, which went unnoted outside of the local press in Providence, Rhode Island.

That's because Kennedy is a democrat and they get treated differently. Now, if ANY congressional Republican were involved then we would be in the third week of investigations by now.

[Crispus Attucks Patriot]

Just like his pops.

[Lucretia Borgia]

Just like Uncle Ted.

[timsbella]

Driving under the influence is a big story, but in my estimation, the police cover up and not even a basic field sobriety test is the BIGGER story here.

[RushCrush]

Also, he can blame these accidents on any medication or medication combo he wants. The responsibility STILL lies with the person who takes the drug.

You don't just blindly toss pills down your gullet- you're responsible for checking out the side effects, reading the bottle and perhaps even researching the effect of certain drug combinations.

So even if he WASN'T drinking, he still should have taken full responsibility for this.

[Crispus Attucks Patriot]

And a few more showing trhe acorn ain't fall too far from the tree.

[DakotaRed]

Since he now claims this was simply due to "disorientation" brought on by prescribed medication and he only "thought" he had a vote to go to, is it possible he has been just as "disoriented" when actually casting votes in the House?

Perhaps some Prosecutor should subpeona his medical records over the next couple years and seek out how many doctors he has been shopping!

Nah, never happen, he's a Kennedy!

[Velveeta]

Kennedy has encouraged increased development of energy-efficient cars and appliances, savings that would greatly reduce our dependence on foreign oil and end the debate on environmentally unsound policies like drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
http://www.patrickkennedy.house.gov/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B582B397D-B81F-4277-AB1F-B8D1DEB724A1%7D


Ford Crown Victoria -
Is that an energy-efficient car????

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That's exactly right. You or I would be held accountable, regardless. If he can't control his actions when on medicine then he needs to be locked up until his gastro(belly ache) is cured.

[finnman69]

Driving While Kennedy

[RushCrush]

My other question: does this guy have a wife, and was she at home when he allegedly took the sleeping pills and left 'to go vote'?

[TSchmereL]

http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/celebrity/william_kennedy/index.html

It was nearly eleven in the evening on March 30, 1991 when Senator Ted Kennedy, his son Patrick, 23, and nephew William Kennedy Smith, 30, left the Kennedy family's Palm Beach, Florida ocean front holiday retreat to go out for drinks at a popular bistro known as Ann'z. Even though it was late, things were just getting moving in the city and the Kennedys wanted to be a part of the fun. After a brief stop at the bistro, Ted, Patrick and William went to another nightspot named Au Bar, "where trust fund idlers, obscure blue bloods, bejeweled society matrons and erstwhile celebs like Roxanne Pulitzer" went to rub elbows.

While at the bar, Patrick met a 27-year-old Testa's Restaurant waitress, Michelle Cassone, with whom he danced and shared drinks. William also met a woman named Patricia Bowman, a 29-year-old single mother out with her girlfriend, Anne Weatherly Mercer. Later that evening when the bars closed, the two couples went back to the Kennedy family retreat for the remainder of the evening.

Michelle and Patrick drank wine and talked in the living room. According to Green, at one point Ted Kennedy walked into the room "without his trousers" and sporting only a long-tailed shirt, something that made Michelle Cassone feel extremely uncomfortable. She was quoted in the article saying that they went to sit outside on the sea wall, where the three talked about the ocean and "the importance of the family."

In a different location at the Kennedy compound, Patricia Bowman and William Kennedy Smith were talking as they strolled along the beach. In a December 1991 People Weekly article, Linda Mark quoted Patricia as saying that William "suddenly took off his clothes and jumped in the ocean." Feeling uneasy, Patricia turned around and started back towards the house. It was then, Mark suggested, that William allegedly tackled Patricia, threw her to the ground and, despite her cries of protest, raped her. Soon after, Patricia went back to the house and called Anne Mercer, who picked her up at the Kennedys' residence. She was taken to the Palm Beach Police Station where she made a rape report and was then taken to Humana Hospital, located nearby, where she was treated for injuries and subjected to forensic testing. A police official stated that he was, "99 percent sure" that Patricia was the victim of a sex crime, Green reported.

Michelle, Patrick and Ted, who were also at the estate, allegedly had no knowledge that any crime occurred that evening. The following Monday, news of the alleged rape spread quickly. In fact, at the time it became one of the most highly publicized rape cases in United States history.

In mid May 1991, over a thousand pages of official documents concerning the case, including the depositions of Ted, William and Patrick were publicly released. Carlson reported in a May 1991 Time article that the documents showed, "that the senator initially stonewalled the police and that neither he nor his son Patrick...was truthful."

Carlson also claimed that a visiting guest of the senator, former FBI agent William Barry, lied to investigators who came to the house when he told them that neither William nor Ted were at the residence when they actually were.

[NonValueAdded]

Daddy Ted. The martini olive doesn't fall far from the tree.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Maybe he'll go snow skiing or flying with Ted this weekend.

[Choose Ye This Day]

I think the problem is he keeps driving Fords.

(ducking)

[N. Theknow]

Maybe he'll go snow skiing or flying with Ted this weekend.

Maybe he will play in the Michael Skakel Celebrity Golf Tournament.

Check my tagline.

[N. Theknow]

Maybe he'll go snow skiing or flying with Ted this weekend.

Maybe he will play in the Michael Skakel Celebrity Golf Tournament.

OR

The William Kennedy Smith Sadie Hawkins Day Dance.