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Autopsy: Lobbyist was drunk at time of fatal accident in garage
The Hill ^
| Feb. 11, 2011
| Jordy Yager
Posted on 02/11/2011 5:43:14 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Ashley Turton, a former senior aide to Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), was intoxicated when she died in an accident last month, according to an autopsy report.
Turton, who was working as an energy lobbyist at the time of the accident, died from the “inhalation of products of combustion and thermal burns,” according to Beverly Fields of the D.C. Chief Medical Examiner’s office. “Acute alcohol intoxication” was a contributing factor in her death, Fields said.
Turton was found dead inside of her burned SUV, which apparently caught fire in the early morning hours inside of her garage on Capitol Hill. Turton was married to Dan Turton, the White House liaison to the House of Representatives.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antifreeze; ashleyturton; bac; bmw; danturton; dui; dukeenergy; dukepower; etoh; garagefire; progressenergy; rosadelauro; stangreenburg; stanleygreenburg; tidesfoundation; turton
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Was she drinking corn-based alcohol like our cars are forced to consume?
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posted on
02/11/2011 5:44:50 PM PST
by
MIchaelTArchangel
(Obama makes me miss Jimmah Cahtah!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
02/11/2011 5:45:24 PM PST
by
Mears
To: MIchaelTArchangel
she was murdered...this is a big coverup.......s
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posted on
02/11/2011 5:45:34 PM PST
by
milwguy
To: Mears
It could have been after a night of partying rather than starting early, or it could have been suicide and she got really drunk so that she could make herself go out and sit in a running car in a garage.
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posted on
02/11/2011 5:49:01 PM PST
by
tiki
To: Mears
She was drunk at 5 AM,
Drove into her garage hard enough to crack her radiator,
The antifreeze spilled out,
And ignited at 240 degrees F,
When it encountered her high temperature halogen headlights.
... it could have happened that way ...
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posted on
02/11/2011 5:50:55 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(BO + MB = BOMB -- The One will make sure they get one.)
To: Mears
The bars close at 4 where I live. Usually still at the diner at 5. Not sober.
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posted on
02/11/2011 5:50:55 PM PST
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: Mears
Back when I worked 12 hour afternoon shifts I didn’t even start drinking till 5AM
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posted on
02/11/2011 5:53:08 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: Slings and Arrows
Bump
Ping
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posted on
02/11/2011 5:53:22 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: cripplecreek
Well there you go——I learn something every day.
Cheers! Skoal! Prosit! Bottoms up!
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posted on
02/11/2011 5:59:07 PM PST
by
Mears
To: Free ThinkerNY
. . . senior aide to Rep. Rosa DeLauro . . . That would keep anybody drunk 24-7.
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posted on
02/11/2011 6:02:48 PM PST
by
madprof98
("moritur et ridet" - salvianus)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Did you know Vince Foster was intoxicated when he shot himself and then drove himself to Fort Marcy Park so he could take a hike????? Didn’t know that, did you????????
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posted on
02/11/2011 6:04:27 PM PST
by
Doc Savage
("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
To: ClearCase_guy; tiki; thefactor
This entire thing is strange.
I feel so sorry for the little ones.
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posted on
02/11/2011 6:04:52 PM PST
by
Mears
To: cripplecreek
Hey, I remember you you lousy drunk!
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posted on
02/11/2011 6:05:44 PM PST
by
Doc Savage
("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Acute alcohol intoxicationThat's a different sort of "anti-freeze".
The questions to ask now is, with whom, where and when this acute alcohol intoxication took place at.
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posted on
02/11/2011 6:13:54 PM PST
by
csvset
To: Doc Savage
Yep. Buy beer on the way to work and start drinking on the way home.
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posted on
02/11/2011 6:15:54 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: cripplecreek
Yep. Buy beer on the way to work and start drinking on the way home. What did you wait all day?
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posted on
02/11/2011 6:18:27 PM PST
by
SeeSac
To: SeeSac
They frowned on that sort of thing in the shop.
The filthy bastids.
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posted on
02/11/2011 6:19:43 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: tiki
Her entire company was most likely up drinking all night, considering the following day’s events.
However, this timing of her ‘passing out’ or being ‘knocked out’ from the collision are a bit hard to swallow.
To: crosslink; Gabrial; Girlene; DoughtyOne; Protect the Bill of Rights; BlueMondaySkipper; ...
Pinging a few folks from the last thread on this about the anti-freeze and headlights. Now the autopsy is in.
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posted on
02/11/2011 6:40:21 PM PST
by
snippy_about_it
(Looking for our Sam Adams)
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