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accident on 30A today?

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aleonard said:
I can't confirm this, but I have heard that it is operating procedure now for the FHP to work traffic accidents and not the SO. I will look into it and see if I can get an answer. :wave:
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Thanks - that would be really odd, in my opinion.
 
aleo...I just want to say how happy I am that you are back on sowal.com. You have been missed! Thanks for all your reports and wisdom.
 
dear sowal,

i'm a reporter at the daily news. i heard about this accident saturday afternoon, shortly after it happened. i don't work on the weekends (even us media types get days off), but as soon as i heard about it, i called it into the office.

FHP was probably still investigating and had not sent out a press release at that point. the editor (i think he was probably only one of maybe two people scheduled to work that day - the 4th IS a national holiday - could not find any information on it.

when i called FHP to follow up on the accident, i was told that the trooper who worked that particular accident is off and won't be back in until tomorrow. we're not going to be able to confirm anything until then, unless FHP has a particular incentive to send out a press release any earlier than 9 a.m.
 
Actually, I've always wondered why the Sheriff's office worked traffic. It seems almost everywhere else in Florida it is the FHP..I know I see the FHP working traffic in Bay all the time and other places in Florida where I have lived it was that way; along with the city police department.

I am amazed by the post above that says no information is available because everyone has taken the day off...that's what we heard about the hit and run in the Publix parking lot too...that no info was available because the investigator didn't work those days...is there no information available from the Officer on Duty or the Public Affairs officer....strange IMO.
 
goodwitch58 said:
Actually, I've always wondered why the Sheriff's office worked traffic. It seems almost everywhere else in Florida it is the FHP..I know I see the FHP working traffic in Bay all the time and other places in Florida where I have lived it was that way; along with the city police department.

I am amazed by the post above that says no information is available because everyone has taken the day off...that's what we heard about the hit and run in the Publix parking lot too...that no info was available because the investigator didn't work those days...is there no information available from the Officer on Duty or the Public Affairs officer....strange IMO.
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Not if they don't have a report from the officer who worked the accident, yet.
 
THis was in the NWFDN this afternoon on line. Seems like there a lot of crazy drivers with a death wish. Tourists go home!


Driver hurtles past police officer, accelerates when sees flashing lights
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July 7, 2009 - 11:31 AM

Wendy Victora
Daily News
NICEVILLE -- Police arrested a 31-year-old Winter Haven, Fla., man after he was caught going 88 in a 45 mph zone, according to his Niceville Police Department arrest report.
When the officer turned on his flashing lights, the man accelerated, the report said.
He refused to talk, but had bar stamps on his hand. A cooler in the car held five unopened cans of beer.
When asked to get out of the car, he put both feet on the ground before trying to stand up. He was unsteady and had to use the car for support, the officer noted. He also had difficult making a turn while walking.
After failing the field sobriety test, he was charged with DUI.
 
goodwitch58 said:
Actually, I've always wondered why the Sheriff's office worked traffic. It seems almost everywhere else in Florida it is the FHP..I know I see the FHP working traffic in Bay all the time and other places in Florida where I have lived it was that way; along with the city police department.

I am amazed by the post above that says no information is available because everyone has taken the day off...that's what we heard about the hit and run in the Publix parking lot too...that no info was available because the investigator didn't work those days...is there no information available from the Officer on Duty or the Public Affairs officer....strange IMO.
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I find it odd that the FHP would be short handed on a holiday weekend.
 
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