[Vision2020] megaloads results in injury accident

Rosemary Huskey donaldrose at cpcinternet.com
Fri Nov 11 08:27:09 PST 2011


Thanks, Sunil for reminding/alerting V2020 readers that the State Public
Defenders Office is working with integrity and dedication for the citizens
of Idaho.  Congratulations to Eric Lehtinen for a brilliant argument.  If
anyone is interesting in reading the opinion here it is.
<http://www.isc.idaho.gov/opinions/ELLINGTON%2033843.pdf>   And yes, it goes
without saying that I am so proud to be Molly Huskey's mama.

Rose Huskey

 

From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Sunil Ramalingam
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 6:46 AM
To: vision 2020
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] megaloads results in injury accident

 

Wayne,

ISP's leadership didn't need this to lose credibility:

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/10/02/v-print/1823495/contradictions-equa
l-perjuryor.html

This article is by Tom McCabe, an excellent criminal defense lawyer in
Boise. The fact that the ISP expert contradicted himself under oath in two
different cases only came to light because the same lawyer in the state
appellate PD office in Boise ended up assigned to both cases, and caught the
contradictory evidence.

It is very rare for an appeals court to throw out a conviction in these
circumstances. But ISP's leadership concluded there was no problem with the
testimony.

Sunil

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From: deco at moscow.com
To: Vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:40:25 -0800
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] megaloads results in injury accident

Add the ISP to IDT of those agencies citizens cannot trust to be honest and
forthright.  This kind of dishonesty taints all ISP accident reports, past
and future.

 

I'm opposed to the megaloads primarily because they are part of a chain the
will be the worst human and environmental disaster ever.  But on local
grounds, they also appear to be a huge inconvenient pain in the ass for
regular highway travelers wasting ordinary travelers' time and fuel -- and
also giving rise to some road rage and its consequences.

 

w.

 

From: Bill London <mailto:london at moscow.com>  

Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:09 AM

To: vision2020 <mailto:vision2020 at moscow.com>  

Subject: [Vision2020] megaloads results in injury accident

 


The Daily News reports (page 3A in today's issue, Thurs) the first
automobile injury accident on Highway 95 resulting from the megaloads. (see
the text below)


A flagger was stationed on Highway 95 near Viola.  One driver stopped to
find out what to do, and a second driver struck the first.  Of course, it
was an accident, but the Idaho State Police were quick to blame the drivers
and hold the megaloads blameless.


"It had nothing to do with the loads," the Idaho State Police representative
said.


That's ridiculous.  The flagger was there ONLY because of the megaloads
moving on the highway that night.  The flagger's position was the vital
first step in a chain of causality resulting in the accident.


The Idaho State Police are being paid huge piles of overtime cash to guide
the megaloads through Idaho.  That has certainly tainted their sense of
responsibility, and shown Idaho residents that their own police can be
bought.


BL


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Two injured in U.S. 95 collision 


Staff report | Posted: Thursday, November 10, 2011 12:00 am 
Two Idaho men were released from the hospital following a rear-end collision
Tuesday night near Viola on U.S. Highway 95 that law enforcement claims
occurred when one driver stopped to talk with a flagger awaiting Imperial
Oil shipments bound for the Idaho/Montana border.
According to the Latah County Sheriff's Office, Shawn Dewitt, 36, of
Princeton, stopped his vehicle on the highway to investigate flashing lights
belonging to a flagger awaiting three shipments of refinery equipment and
ask how he should proceed.

Idaho State Police Capt. Lonnie Richardson said Dewitt voluntarily stopped
to talk to the flagger around 11 p.m., and had not been requested to do so.
Dewitt's vehicle was then struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Frank
Bybee, 33, of Desmet, Idaho, according to the sheriff's office.

"It had nothing to do with the loads or being confused by the lights," said
Richardson. "It was just driver error."

Richardson said the collision closed part of the highway, which was cleared
around 1 a.m. after an investigation of the crash scene was conducted. Bybee
and Dewitt were both transported to Gritman Medical Center where they were
treated and released, according to a hospital spokeswoman. Both of their
vehicles were towed and no citations have been issued.

Richardson said ISP was first to arrive on the scene, but the sheriff's
office is acting as the investigating agency as the state police had been
assigned to covering the road Tuesday night as part of a contract with
Mammoet, the shipping contractor for Imperial Oil. Those shipments were
delayed by the accident for about an hour.

 

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