Posted on 05/05/2009 2:51:52 PM PDT by pissant
Mayor Sam Adams was involved in a three-car accident Sunday that resulted in no injuries but left a few questions about the cause.
Adams was driving his GMC pickup about 6:15 p.m. at 1457 North Hayden Island Drive, near the parking lot of Car Toys at Jantzen Beach.
Ryan Reed said he was turning his 2002 WRX Subaru wagon right from North Hayden Island Drive into the Car Toys parking lot when Adams' pickup, which was behind his car, "T-boned" his vehicle, striking the passenger side.
Reed, an employee of the Tigard Car Toys store, said the impact pushed his vehicle over a curb, through shrubs, into another vehicle and 50 to 70 feet through the Car Toys parking lot. Reed estimated that Adams was truck was going 25 to 30 mph when it struck his car.
Car Toys employee Randy Schweitz, 22, said he was helping a customer outside when he heard a "huge crash." He said he saw the pickup strike the side of the Subaru and push it over hedges and into a parked Honda. "And then the Honda and the Subaru kind of parted, and the mayor's pickup was powering through both of them. He was still on the gas pedal," Schweitz said. "After he broke free of the collision, he kept driving. He kept peeling out, and finally came to a stop about 100 feet away, near the Plaid Pantry lot."
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If you or I had passed a right-turning car on the right, T-boned it, pushed it 70 feet through a parking lot with our foot on the gas, and then peeled out for another 100 feet, you bet your ass the local constabulary would have us out there walking heel-to-toe and playing follow-my-finger, and they wouldn’t give a flying damn whether it “embarassed” us or not. Good grief.
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The beloved mayor smashes through two cars in a parking lot, and one of the witnesses says he smelled of beer from 3 or 4 feet away.
Yet the police say that there was no reason to administer a Breathalyzer to the mayor because there was no evidence he was intoxicated.
Ok, I'll buy that.
At least Sammy didn't rear end somebody.
Are you sure the guy on the right is Sam? All I’ve ever seen of him, he looks like Bawney Fwank’s kid brother.
It looks like his alcohol level is around 5% - that’s well over the legal limit.
No, that’s him.
Democrats don’t have to pay for their crimes.
Just another reminder to watch your back when our Mayor is lurking around.
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