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Date Posted: 15:10:38 04/21/07 Sat In reply to: Bev 's message, "Why keep bringing this up? The governor was a passenger" on 08:40:02 04/21/07 Sat GEEEZZZZ! Traveling 91 mph in a huge SUV without wearing a seatbelt, going to see Imus with the driver having a love spat and working his blackberry!!!!!!!! This gets more crazy everyday! Imagine if this had been Chenney!!!!!!!!! It would be a 24 hour a day story! > In most states he is considered a wronged party when >the driver causes a accident where a passenger is >injured . > > >href="http://www.nj.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news- >11/1177129885173060.xml&coll=1">http://www.nj.com/print >er/printer.ssf?/base/news-11/1177129885173060.xml&coll= >1 > > >State Police probe if gov's driver was distracted by >love >Off ventilator, Corzine is breathing on his own >Saturday, April 21, 2007 >BY JOSH MARGOLIN AND DEBORAH HOWLETT >Star-Ledger Staff >The State Police are investigating whether the trooper >driving Gov. Jon Corzine at the time of last week's >crash was distracted by an ongoing, bitter dispute >with another police officer over a woman. > >State Police Superintendent Rick Fuentes confirmed the >investigation in a statement last night but would not >elaborate on the accusations. The head of the troopers >union said Trooper Robert Rasinski is cooperating with >the investigation and that it involves a romantic >triangle. > >Corzine remains hospitalized in critical condition >with numerous broken bones in his chest and a >fractured femur. Yesterday, for the first time since >the April 12 accident, doctors were able to remove him >from a ventilator that had been helping him breathe, >his spokesman said. > >As to Rasinski, investigators are now looking into >whether he was communicating with the unidentified >officer from Union County, either by phone or mobile >e-mail device, while he was driving the governor or >just before, according to Davy Jones, president of the >State Troopers Fraternal Association. > >"Rob's dating a girl, whose soon-to-be-ex is a cop in >Union County. That guy made an allegation. Affairs of >the heart are always very, very difficult," Jones >said. The local officer, Jones said, is "getting >divorced; he's bitter, he's mad and he wants his pound >of flesh. Understandably, it's being investigated ... >to see if there's any merit or not." > >Jones said Rasinski has waived any privacy rights in >this case and is willing to let investigators review >his e-mails and phone calls to exonerate himself. >Jones said he believes Rasinski was in a professional >state of mind while driving the governor and fully >capable of performing his security and driving >obligations. > >Rasinski, who has not commented since the crash, did >not respond to a cell phone message last night. State >Police spokesman Lt. Gerald Lewis said Rasinski had no >comment. Rasinski is represented in the investigation >by the union and its attorneys. > >Fuentes issued a statement saying State Police "are in >receipt of an allegation made against Trooper Robert >Rasinski and will look further into the matter." > >"Once we conduct an inquiry, we will make a >determination if this allegation has any nexus to the >ongoing accident investigation, or if it should be >handled as an internal (affairs) investigation," the >superintendent said. > >In the days since the crash, investigators have been >trying to figure out if the dispute could have >distracted Rasinski while he was driving Corzine as >the governor rushed from South Jersey to Princeton at >high speeds with emergency lights flashing. > >State police have said the SUV was traveling at 91 mph >on the Garden State Parkway before a swerving car sent >it careening into a guardrail. The governor was >riding, without a seat belt, in the front passenger >seat. > >Rasinski has already been questioned about the dispute >and possible distractions and additional questioning >is anticipated, Jones said. > >"What I do know is that they asked the obvious >questions about distractions: 'Were you on the phone?' >Or that the kid was on his BlackBerry," Jones said. "I >can tell you, they don't get BlackBerries. Only the >supervisors get BlackBerries." > >Jones said investigators have been told the estranged >husband sent Rasinski an e-mail about the time of the >crash, but that Rasinski could not have seen it prior >to the accident. > >Jones stressed Rasinski's "good name" will not be >tarnished with the accusation or subsequent >investigation and said he doubts the public will care >about Rasinski's private life. > >Rasinski suffered minor injuries in the crash and >spent one night in Cooper University Hospital in >Camden. He remains out of work on medical leave and >may return to active duty once he is cleared by State >Police physicians. > >Corzine suffered major injuries, including a broken >femur, 11 broken ribs, a broken breastbone and >collarbone and a broken verterba. He has been >hospitalized at Cooper since the wreck and remains >unable to carry out his duties as governor. > >The fractures to his rib cage and the resulting pain >made breathing difficult, prompting physicians to >immediately put him on a ventilator and breathing >tube. > >Doctors removed the breathing tube yesterday at 12:25 >p.m., after the governor "no longer required >respiratory support from the ventilator," >communications director Anthony Coley said. > >In a brief statement late yesterday, Coley said >Corzine's "respiratory function will be closely >monitored to ensure that he can continue to breathe on >his own and cough efficiently. Doctors do not entirely >rule out the possibility that the breathing tube will >need to be reinserted." > >All three of Corzine's children as well as his >companion, Sharon Elghanayan, were at the hospital >yesterday afternoon. > >The governor "was able to make some progress" toward >speaking, but was not yet able to talk, Coley later >told The Star-Ledger. "He has a ways to go to be able >to talk like he did before the accident," Coley said. > >He declined to provide further details about Corzine's >medical condition, including whether he remained >sedated, whether he was still using a feeding tube or >if he was still in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit. >Hospital officials also declined to comment on >yesterday's developments. > >Doctors finished surgically repairing Corzine's leg on >Monday. On Wednesday, doctors said they placed two >catheters in the governor's back, near his spine, to >"bathe" his rib cage with a local painkiller in an >attempt to better control his considerable pain, while >reducing the doses of morphine he has been receiving >intravaneously. > >Weaning Corzine from the ventilator is a major >milestone in what physicians say will be an arduous >recovery that will take months. The major threats to >his immediate health are infection, blood clots and >pneumonia, according to medical experts and Corzine's >doctors. > >"It's huge that he's off (the ventilator)," Kristy >Weber, an orthopedic surgeon at Johns Hopkins >University Hospital in Baltimore, said yesterday. >"With the type of injuries he had, this length of time >seems reasonable. It's hard to imagine he could have >come off much sooner." > >Weber said the next step for doctors would probably be >to get him sitting up and breathing as deeply as he >can, then get him moving. The longer a patient lays in >bed, Weber said, the greater the risk of developing a >blood clot that could travel to the lung. > >Bruno Molino, the associate director of trauma at >Jersey City Medical Center, said doctors may also look >to move Corzine from intensive care to begin inpatient >physical therapy. They will also want to get him >eating solid food again, rather than continuing to >rely on a feeding tube. > >"The fact that he's off the vent is a good sign that >his lungs are recovering from the initial trauma," >Molino said. > >Just because Corzine has come off the ventilator >doesn't mean he may not be reconnected, cautioned >Stephen Becker, a trauma surgeon at Jersey Shore >University Medical Center in Neptune. > >"This was an opportunity for them to see how the >governor would do with the mechanics of breathing on >his own," Becker said. > >He said a key factor in whether Corzine remains off >the ventilator is whether he will be able to cough up >secretions on his own, which can be very painful with >the sort of injuries Corzine suffered. > >If he is unable to do that, Becker said, he may have >to have a breathing tube reinserted to help avoid >developing pneumonia. > >Meanwhile, the governor's office said that since it >set up a direct link on the governor's Web site >Tuesday, it has received more than 800 e-mails from >well-wishers in New Jersey and from out-of-state. > >The circumstances of the crash -- as well as >investigators' reports and records of interviews with >key players and witnesses -- will be reviewed by the >State Police Motor Vehicle Accident and Vehicular >Pursuit Review Board to determine whether the crash >was "preventable" or not. If the crash is deemed >preventable, Rasinski could face disciplinary action. > >In his seven years on the force, Rasinski, 34, has >been involved in two on-duty accidents: one that was >deemed "preventable" in 2003; and a second one in 2004 >that he had no control over when his marked police >cruiser was hit by a tractor-trailer on the New Jersey >Turnpike. He joined the governor's Executive >Protection Unit in April 2006. > > > >Staff writers Jonathan Schuppe, Susan K. Livio, Angela >Stewart and Joseph Donohue contributed to this report. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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