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Man crashes into Hill AFB gate
Salt Lake Tribune ^ | August 19, 2009 | Matthew Laplante

Posted on 08/19/2009 9:32:20 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

A man who crashed his car into the restraining barricades at Hill Air Force Base's south gate early Wednesday morning managed to elude the base's security forces for six hours before he was caught.

Hill officials said the man drove up to the gate at about 4 a.m., but was told by guards that he could not enter without identification. When the man gunned through the checkpoint, guards activated a set of emergency barriers, which rise out of the ground a short way from the gate. The barriers stopped the car, but the man fled on foot.

Base spokesman Rich Essary said it does not appear that the man was able to gain entry into any sensitive areas of the facility or approach the base's multi-billion dollar fleet of aircraft, but he did manage to evade roving security patrols until about 10 a.m., when he was apprehended near the east side of the base.

The south gate was closed for about three hours following the incident and the man was being questioned about his reasons for trying to get on the base.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: hillafb; tm

1 posted on 08/19/2009 9:32:20 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar

Well? Was he an Amish man? Come on you so called reporters, do your job right!


2 posted on 08/19/2009 9:40:16 PM PDT by ironwill (III - Molon Labe)
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To: ironwill

Out late drinking AWOL.


3 posted on 08/19/2009 9:41:36 PM PDT by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Jebediah al-Abdul?


4 posted on 08/19/2009 9:45:57 PM PDT by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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To: ironwill

Couldn’t have been Amish...he was driving a car.


5 posted on 08/19/2009 9:48:21 PM PDT by BulletBobCo
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To: BulletBobCo

“Couldn’t have been Amish...he was driving a car.”

Maybe it was a new GM...one horse...


6 posted on 08/19/2009 9:51:00 PM PDT by jessduntno (Privatization + Inter-State Sales + Individual Policies + Tort Reform = Healthcare Reform)
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To: Jet Jaguar
Mennonites Pictures, Images and Photos

The Mennonite Militant Wing strikes again!

7 posted on 08/19/2009 9:51:40 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: ironwill

My dad was OSI. He used to “invade” bases to test their security. Wonder if this was similar.


8 posted on 08/19/2009 9:56:55 PM PDT by Loud Mime (It's gone too far. Heterosexuals are now the perverts.)
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