[njmaugbill]

has anyone heard how fast the Governor’s SUV was going? 60-70-80? That part of the GSP (Garden State Parkway for those not from NJ) it isolated, and at mile marker 44, is between the exits for Atlantic City. Traffic runs at 75 there.

However, our elected officials are known here for going fast fast and fast.

My prediction is that we will not hear about how fast that SUV was going.

bill from NJ

[conservative in nyc]

has anyone heard how fast the Governor’s SUV was going? 60-70-80? That part of the GSP (Garden State Parkway for those not from NJ) it isolated, and at mile marker 44, is between the exits for Atlantic City. Traffic runs at 75 there.

From the New York Times:

In a 9 p.m. news conference at the hospital here, Col. Joseph R. Fuentes, superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, said that a red pickup truck entered the highway “erratically from the shoulder,” causing a white Dodge Ram pickup truck to swerve left. The governor’s driver, State Trooper Robert Rasinski, swerved to avoid the white truck, but hit it, and then slid into the guard rail, with the impact on the passenger side.

Colonel Fuentes said neither weather nor speed appeared to be a factor. He said Trooper Rasinski did “an excellent job handling the situation, considering that a car swerved into his path.”

The driver of the white truck stopped, he said, but the red truck did not. The state police will be examining cameras on the highway in hopes of identifying the red truck. Mr. Fuentes said he was unsure whether Mr. Corzine was wearing a seatbelt.