They went the wrong way, ha-ha!
"Off-duty police in fatal wrong-way crash had left strip club"Associated Press March 21, 2015
LINDEN, N.J. — A car carrying three off-duty New Jersey police officers from a visit to a strip club drove the wrong way down a New York highway and crashed into a tractor-trailer early Friday, killing an officer and a civilian and critically injuring two other officers.
Hours before the crash, the driver of the car posted a photo on his Instagram page of three full shot glasses.
What that shows you is cops think they are above the law these days in AmeriKa, be it shooting someone or anything else. They know they will be absolved by the self-perpetuating and self-serving system because the thin blue line serves the elite.
Police said they were investigating whether drinking explains how the group ended up driving north in the southbound lane of the Staten Island highway.
Ya think?
The truck driver suffered injuries that weren’t believed to be life-threatening.
Video taken at a gas station shows a car traveling the wrong way on a service road minutes before the wrong-way crash on the adjacent highway.
That's the skid mark of print I saw.
The dead were identified as 28-year-old Linden Officer Frank Viggiano and 28-year-old Joe Rodriguez, a former county employee in Linden, officials said. Both were passengers in the car.
The 27-year-old driver, Pedro Abad, and 23-year-old passenger Patrik Kudlac, also Linden police officers, were listed in critical condition at hospitals on Staten Island. Linden police Captain James Sarnicki said they have severe and extensive injuries and are fighting for their lives.
A southbound exit ramp leads from the highway onto the service road.
Gas station attendant Ramzi Abdelhaq told WABC-TV he’s seen cars traveling the wrong direction on the service road before. The time stamp on the video showing the car reads 4:48 a.m. Police received a 911 call of a crash on the highway at 4:51 a.m.
One tractor-trailer swerved out of the way of the car on the West Shore Expressway on Staten Island, but a second didn’t have enough time to veer away before the crash, Royster said. She said the driver of the tractor-trailer passed a blood-alcohol test and does not appear to be at fault.
Royster said the car’s black box will help investigators determine how fast they were traveling.
Images of the crash scene show the truck and car smashed against the center guardrail and the car ravaged.
Sarnicki said all three officers were relatively new to the force. Viggiano was a five-year veteran, Abad was a six-year veteran, and Kudlac had two years on the force.
In a way, that kind of excuses the behavior.
‘‘At this point our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Officer Frank Viggiano,’ he said, describing him as well liked by everybody. ‘‘This is an unspeakable tragedy.’’
Abad posted a photo of the drinks on his Instagram page before the crash.
Other images on his Instagram page include photos of him serving in the honor guard at the funeral last weekend for a Philadelphia police officer killed in the line of duty.
In his 37 years working for the department, Sarnicki said, he couldn’t remember any officers being killed in the blue-collar refinery town of 41,000 residents just across the water from Staten Island.
‘‘People are in a somber mood. I could see some officers with tears in their eyes. It is an emotional day for all of us. Like I said, we are a family and we’re all hurt by this,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s tragic for people to lose their lives at such an early age, whatever the reason.’’
You know, it is, but this homage reeks of public relations repair -- something not afforded the average scum in the pages of my propaganda pre$$!
Flags in front of Linden City Hall, which are part of a war memorial surrounded by smaller American flags, were lowered to half-staff Friday morning.
‘‘This is devastating, devastating,’’ said Reese Lospinoso, 57, a bartender who grew up in Linden and has lived there most of his life. ‘‘The police in Linden are looked at very, very highly. They’re very well respected in our town.’’
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UPDATE:
"Two off-duty New Jersey police officers injured in a wrong-way crash in New York City that killed another officer and an acquaintance remained in critical condition on Saturday. Investigators are seeking a warrant to test the blood-alcohol level of the driver in the officers’ car after the crash early Friday in Staten Island (AP)."
Shouldn't the warrant have been granted by now, and besides, by the time they now test it will be, loops, too late. We will never know if they had been drinking and can not assume they were. Just a tragic accident, no blame. Ha-ha.
