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Posted on 06/12/2012 6:14:41 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Now that Secretary of Commerce John Bryson has taken medical leave after a seizure apparently caused him to hit two cars in California, medical experts are scratching their heads about how a seizure could have caused the chain of events that led to the accidents, Bryson's hospitalization and his eventual leave of absence.
Dr. Richard Kim, Director of the Hoag Epilepsy Center in Newport Beach, Calif., is skeptical that the chain of events involving Bryson's accidents where caused by one or more seizures.
"After the seizure, he could have recovered quickly enough to walk out of the car and speak coherently," Kim said. "However, at that time he would have known that he had had a seizure, and would not -- or should not -- have resumed driving. It is possible that he had a second seizure again while driving, and that caused the second accident. It would have been highly irresponsible for him to resume driving, however."
Kim adds that if the complex partial seizure had been continuing, Bryson would not have been able to get out of the car and speak to the three men in the first car he struck, so it is impossible that he was having a seizure the entire time.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
the man was drunk and passed out at the wheel
He got potted to forget his problems and failure
Yale lawyer
Founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council
Devout Baraqqi
He’ll skate on the charges. We all know Bush made that Lexus wreck.
Seizure, drugs, booze, prostitute boys/girls...take your pick.
drug test results should be today. It is betty ford clinic calling.
Precident?:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1838161/posts
This one cost the State of CA $335K.
A guy walks into a French restaurant and says, “I’ll have the Petite Mal”....
How convenient : a seizure claim AFTER a hit and run ( no blood or urine test performed as well ).
He's the Secretary of Commerce. I'm sure he had a driver at his beckon call. There is no reason for him to be "driving" around LA.
The question we should be asking is where was he driving from and where was he driving to. That will probably help us to answer the question of how he could get involved in 3 accidents and not remember anything at all.
Where did these accidents occur and what was he doing there?
I will wait it out before destroying the man with conjecture.
He could have had a seizure.
If he had a seizure, it would explain hitting his apparent confusion..And multiple accidents. I hope all are okay.
If this is his first seizure, that explains a lot. My cousin has the milder form of epilepsy and cannot drive...Even through his ‘blackout’ moments are rare, they’re enough to keep him of the road.
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The Spin is In.
He will walk.
Yea right.... Then Zimmerman should be able to use the same claim...
BS to this doctor
My wife had a seizure in the ER while I was talking to her—lost presence and never knew it when she recovered
Scared the hell out of me
I thought she had died as she was completely unresponsive
He had to quit driving but after a year on medication and no further seizures got her license back
Been OK now for over 8 years
The entire thing could be answered with the release of his BAC. Did they even take one?
I don’t believe the law for hit and run has ANY provisions for when it is permissable to leave the scene of an accident. Officially, that is. Unofficially, if one is a high ranking lieberal democrat then laws for the rest of us do not apply. Of course the offender must be aware that voluntarily placing themselves under the proverbial bus is a requirement for not having law treat you as a normal everyday citizen.
See article posted here about Issa and committee going after Brightsource, Bryson’s baby. Letters were issued June 7. Bryson had to be very disturbed over the weekend. And near his old office. Why?
House Republicans are broadening their probe of the Department of Energy’s largest solar-loan guarantee. Rep. Darrell Issa, the California Republican who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent letters to the White House and BrightSource Energy Inc., the loan-guarantee recipient, asking for e-mails and other documents related to the $1.6 billion deal. (snip)A second letter from the committee asks the White House to turn over all internal communications related to BrightSource, including with the company’s investors and with utilities set to buy its electricity. It also asks for an explanation of how Commerce Secretary John Bryson, BrightSource’s former chairman, was vetted for his current post.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/06/08/house-republicans-step-up-brightsource-probe/
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