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LINDEN, N.J. (AP) - Two New Jersey police officers remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition on Saturday, a day after they were injured in a wrong-way crash in New York City that killed another officer and a friend.
Investigators have applied for a warrant to test the driver's blood-alcohol level following the crash early Friday on the West Shore Expressway in Staten Island. But a New York Police Department spokesman said Saturday he did not know if the warrant had been approved or executed.
Authorities said the four men were headed home from a strip club when their car drove the wrong way down the highway and crashed head-on into a tractor-trailer. The officers were off-duty at the time.
Pedro Abad, 27, who was driving the car, and Patrik Kudlac, 23, were hospitalized on Staten Island. Both men are officers with the Linden police department.
Another Linden officer, 28-year-old Frank Viggiano, and the officers' friend, 28-year-old Joe Rodriguez, were killed in the crash. The truck driver suffered injuries that are not considered life-threatening.
Hours before the crash, Abad had posted a photo on his Instagram page of three shot glasses filled with what he identified as "Jack Daniels Fire on the house." But authorities said it was "too premature" to speculate on what caused the accident.
Video taken by a surveillance camera at a gas station shows a car traveling the wrong way on a service road minutes before the wrong-way crash on the adjacent highway. A southbound exit ramp leads from the highway onto the service road. The time stamp on the video showing the car reads 4:48 a.m.
One tractor-trailer swerved out of the way of the car on the West Shore Expressway on Staten Island, but a second didn't have enough time to veer away before the crash.
Investigators have applied for a warrant to test the driver's blood-alcohol level following the crash early Friday on the West Shore Expressway in Staten Island. But a New York Police Department spokesman said Saturday he did not know if the warrant had been approved or executed.
Authorities said the four men were headed home from a strip club when their car drove the wrong way down the highway and crashed head-on into a tractor-trailer. The officers were off-duty at the time.
Pedro Abad, 27, who was driving the car, and Patrik Kudlac, 23, were hospitalized on Staten Island. Both men are officers with the Linden police department.
Another Linden officer, 28-year-old Frank Viggiano, and the officers' friend, 28-year-old Joe Rodriguez, were killed in the crash. The truck driver suffered injuries that are not considered life-threatening.
Hours before the crash, Abad had posted a photo on his Instagram page of three shot glasses filled with what he identified as "Jack Daniels Fire on the house." But authorities said it was "too premature" to speculate on what caused the accident.
Video taken by a surveillance camera at a gas station shows a car traveling the wrong way on a service road minutes before the wrong-way crash on the adjacent highway. A southbound exit ramp leads from the highway onto the service road. The time stamp on the video showing the car reads 4:48 a.m.
One tractor-trailer swerved out of the way of the car on the West Shore Expressway on Staten Island, but a second didn't have enough time to veer away before the crash.
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All on it's own??? WTH??
Tragic wish the best for the survivors and the families of all especially the innocent truck driver.
As U truckers among us know,he was no doubt ticketed.It's always their fault,no matter who causes the wreck..[V]
Sure that is exactly what will happen.
Sounds like it is a good bet that the driver of the car was intoxicated. If so he should get the hammer like any other drunk driver that takes lives.
quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
As U truckers among us know,he was no doubt ticketed.It's always their fault,no matter who causes the wreck..[V]
Sure that is exactly what will happen.
Sounds like it is a good bet that the driver of the car was intoxicated. If so he should get the hammer like any other drunk driver that takes lives.
Shilo, there is a lot of truth in his statement about the truck driver. After any fatal accident no matter fault the driver is audited and so is the truck. Driver automaticaly has to do a UA and if any hits then blood is taken and tested. Drivers logs and safety record are scrutinized, if he forgot to cross a T or dot an I on his logs or safety docs he can be in trouble. The truck will undergo a thorough D.O.T inspection, god forbid they find anything wrong. If there is a recent error in logs - last 8 days, or a defect with the truck then the driver can be charged with the accident as he should not have been there. You as a cop have access to the procedures for a CMV fatal accident and you should know that the law will be looking very hard at that driver. Regardless of fault, truckers are held to a standard that is at times rediculous where car drivers get a free pass. Regardless of fault we can be charged in a traffic death simply because of a brake being 1/4 turn out of adjust or a log book not up to snuff. Again, let your personal opinions of trucks and drivers go and let the professional cop that you are recognize what the driver and his company are about to go through.
Cops and truck drivers are held to a higher standard and whether its fair or not, that's the way society view it.
Yes they are and I know that for a fact as several locals were punished way harder then most civilians when involved in these kind of accidents. We had three officer related deaths and accidents here in the last couple of years and they got the hammer put down on them. Worse then any of us non LE guys.This has been all over the news here yesterday and this morning.
quote:Originally posted by shilowar
quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
As U truckers among us know,he was no doubt ticketed.It's always their fault,no matter who causes the wreck..[V]
Sure that is exactly what will happen.
Sounds like it is a good bet that the driver of the car was intoxicated. If so he should get the hammer like any other drunk driver that takes lives.
Shilo, there is a lot of truth in his statement about the truck driver. After any fatal accident no matter fault the driver is audited and so is the truck. Driver automaticaly has to do a UA and if any hits then blood is taken and tested. Drivers logs and safety record are scrutinized, if he forgot to cross a T or dot an I on his logs or safety docs he can be in trouble. The truck will undergo a thorough D.O.T inspection, god forbid they find anything wrong. If there is a recent error in logs - last 8 days, or a defect with the truck then the driver can be charged with the accident as he should not have been there. You as a cop have access to the procedures for a CMV fatal accident and you should know that the law will be looking very hard at that driver. Regardless of fault, truckers are held to a standard that is at times rediculous where car drivers get a free pass. Regardless of fault we can be charged in a traffic death simply because of a brake being 1/4 turn out of adjust or a log book not up to snuff. Again, let your personal opinions of trucks and drivers go and let the professional cop that you are recognize what the driver and his company are about to go through.
Well if the truck driver gets hemmed up because he didn't have his stuff straight, that is his fault for not having all stuff with in order. However, he's not going to be found at fault for a fatality accident when the other driver was on the wrong side of the road, and potentially DUI. Getting ticketed for violations is one thing, completely separate from being charged for causing a fatality accident. And if he pisses hot, or tests positive for unapproved substances in his system, then that is on him and he shouldn't be driving a truck anyways.
Every vehicle, commercial or private goes through a detailed inspection following a fatality accident.