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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: MechAg94 on November 17, 2022, 10:59:48 AM
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25 LA County Sheriff's Recruits on Training Run Struck by Wrong-Way Driver in Whittier
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/la-county-sheriffs-department-recruits-injured-whittier-crash/3035099/
The recruits, who were running in formation on a street, were part of a training program at the nearby S.T.A.R.S. Center. Witnesses said the recruits, who often train in the neighborhood, were in a four-column formation when they were hit by a SUV that veered onto the wrong side of the street, crashed into the recruits and stopped after hitting a light pole.
Twenty-five recruits were injured, including five in critical condition. Other injuries ranged from minor, including the driver, to moderate. County fire officials initially said 22 recruits were injured, but that figure was later updated to 25 by the sheriff's department.
Damn. I hope this is a tragic accident and not some idiot targeting them.
25 sheriff’s recruits hurt, 5 critically, on training run in Whittier: ‘Devastation everywhere’
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-16/sheriff-cadets-jogging-in-whittier-struck-by-car-many-injured
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What a terrible event. =(
The "22 year old" driver was detained at the scene, and "passed" a sobriety test. By his age there's probably not a medical condition in play, but police searched his house and questioned two women there. They're still not saying whether this will be a criminal case or a civil case.
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And HOW did the driver acquire his injuries, pray tell?
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And HOW did the driver acquire his injuries, pray tell?
He crashed his vehicle into a lamp post.
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Wait, Raccoon City isn't in LA County.
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I wonder just how many tickets he will be getting, and you can bet he will be on the sh*t list of every LE agency in Los Angeles.
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I know a LA County Sheriff deputy and on another forum he says there is heavy speculation that the driver did it intentionally. The scuttlebut is that the driver was recently kicked-out of the program.
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Anyone else think it odd that the driver/assailant has not been identified?
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Anyone else think it odd that the driver/assailant has not been identified?
They DID seem pretty slow releasing that information.
https://www.ocregister.com/2022/11/17/driver-arrested-for-plowing-into-sheriffs-cadets-near-whittier/
"The Sheriff’s Department said Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez was arrested by deputies just after 3 p.m. the day of the collision and added in its Thursday statement that more charges could be added."
Bail was set at 2 million dollars, so at least they didn't set him free with a handshake.
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He crashed his vehicle into a lamp post.
I wondered if he might have been "briskly assisted" from the vehicle.