Post by WaTcHeR on Feb 22, 2007 11:41:16 GMT -5
BLOOMINGTON -- A sheriff’s deputy’s squad car was traveling at 73 mph with no lights or sirens on when it collided with a second car December 16, but he won't face charges in the accident, the sheriff said.
McLean County Deputy Don Gamble and pizza delivery driver Alex Stachowiak were released from hospitalization within days after their vehicles collided about 12:15 p.m. at the intersection of Towanda Barnes Road and Baywood Drive. Stachowiak was cited with failure to yield while turning left, police said.
Sheriff Mike Emery said Wednesday a vehicle data recorder showed Gamble reached 85 mph while driving south on Towanda Barnes Road in responding to a bank alarm.
The deputy applied his brakes and slowed to 73 mph by the time of impact, the sheriff said.
Stachowiak was turning west from northbound Towanda Barnes at the time of the crash, police said.
Bloomington police reconstructed the accident and conducted the investigation, and Gamble will not be charged with any vehicle code violation, the sheriff said.
www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/02/22/news/doc45dc8305e59ed659074445.txt
McLean County Deputy Don Gamble and pizza delivery driver Alex Stachowiak were released from hospitalization within days after their vehicles collided about 12:15 p.m. at the intersection of Towanda Barnes Road and Baywood Drive. Stachowiak was cited with failure to yield while turning left, police said.
Sheriff Mike Emery said Wednesday a vehicle data recorder showed Gamble reached 85 mph while driving south on Towanda Barnes Road in responding to a bank alarm.
The deputy applied his brakes and slowed to 73 mph by the time of impact, the sheriff said.
Stachowiak was turning west from northbound Towanda Barnes at the time of the crash, police said.
Bloomington police reconstructed the accident and conducted the investigation, and Gamble will not be charged with any vehicle code violation, the sheriff said.
www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/02/22/news/doc45dc8305e59ed659074445.txt