When an “emergency vehicle” is in a fast lane, barreling down a highway in traffic, anything can happen because people have to make quick decisions moving at high rates of speed. Some may panic.
That said, we now have to know why his emergency lights were flashing. Was there a true emergency, or was King Corzine just moving the peons out of his way?
I think you know the answer to that. I think the only reason no charges are being pressed is because the fault is divided, BUT the governor was probably most to blame. I doubt there was any emergency, if so, we would have heard about it by now.
We had a similar type accident last year. A vehicle in the right lane had inadvertantly crossed over into the left, clipping a vehicle in the left. Vehicle 1 kept going thinking nothing had happened.
Vehicle 2 ended up rolling (news said 18 times). It was a LOT! As luck would have it, there was a state police car behind these vehicles and they got the whole thing on camera. The woman had some brokem ribs and a couple of other minor injuries but came out of it pretty good considering.
They finally tracked down the first vehicle and they just finished the trial. He was found guilty and got something like 18 months probation and some sort of fine I think. I just happened to hear the result in some news blurb.