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Posted on 07/30/2007 9:54:37 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) - A driver ran a checkpoint at a nuclear weapons plant early Monday and crashed into a barrier, then fled on foot, authorities said.
Guards at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, a primary storehouse for bomb-grade uranium, said the man "appeared to be impaired in some way" when they stopped him around 5 a.m. at a security checkpoint near a rear entrance, spokesman Bill Wilburn said.
They asked him for identification, but the man hit the gas and drove through the checkpoint, then crashed into security barriers a short distance away, Wilburn said.
"When he hit that, he jumped out of the car and ran away. He left the car there with the engine still running," Wilburn said. He said the guards told him the car had been hot-wired.
Wilburn said no weapons were in the car. "They checked the car very thoroughly before they moved it. They found nothing," he said.
Oak Ridge police were searching for the driver.
Steve Wyatt, spokesman for the National Nuclear Security Administration in Oak Ridge, which oversees the Y-12 plant, downplayed the crash, saying it was "next to nothing." The plant makes and dismantles uranium parts in nuclear warheads.
Guards at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, a primary storehouse for bomb-grade uranium, said the man “appeared to be impaired in some way” when they stopped him around 5 a.m. at a security checkpoint near a rear entrance ..
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just ‘borrowed’ a car after he left “Mo’s” and was just looking for Homer Simpson.
Hot wired cars running checkpoints at nuke weapons plants. No biggie. Happens every day. Not to worry. Chill out!
Ahmed taking a test drive?
TX? Why does the article cite Tennessee and then use TX in the front? I thought the guy crashed Pantex in Amarillo from the headline.
What disturbs me the most is this man getting away. Should have been riddled with bullet holes the moment he ran the barrier.
TX can also mean TRANSMIT.......RX = RECEIVE.........
Not sure whether to laugh or cry..
The driver appeared to be impaired? Gee, there’s a stunner.
patrick kennedy?
The checkpoint was in Tx but he drove to the Tenn gate. That’s it!
Nothing to see here, move along...™
On his way to a congressional vote, no doubt.
Khat? Did he speak in Arabic? Did he use one or both of these words... Alahu Akbar?
No doubt! There should be many holes, from many guns in his body. And his car should be a burned-out shell.
Sure, just a local drunk named Joe Bob Mohammed;)
Test run?
LOL.. Cuz Im a big dummy..
No problem.. just making sure who was awake. -)
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