Cop Runs Over Woman Sunbathing on Florida Beach

[babylonsister]

:scared:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525806,00.html

Cop Runs Over Woman Sunbathing on Florida Beach

Thursday, June 11, 2009



JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. — A rookie police officer was suspended for seven days for running over a woman sunbathing on a north Florida beach.

An internal affairs investigation released Wednesday by the Jacksonville Beach Police Department concluded that Officer Lewis Keller was negligent and at fault for the May 1 accident.

Keller was making a U-turn in his sport utility vehicle when he rolled over 41-year-old Anne Marie Giffin of Jacksonville. Investigators said Keller and another man lifted the SUV off Giffin while other people pulled her out.

Giffin was treated for a broken pelvis and ribs, along with head and spinal injuries.

Keller told investigators he didn't see Giffin lying in the sand, but Chief Bruce Thomason concluded that Keller wasn't driving safely.

[WI_DEM]

1. He didn't see here sunbathing there. Hey idiot this is a beach people are lying sunbathing it's

you who are the one out of place showing off riding on the beach in your SUV not paying attention.

[Ilsa]

2. A friend from high school lost her legs to an accident just like that.

What a horrible thing to happen to someone. They are out resting and relaxing, and boom, they are almost killed.

[superduperfarleft]

3. Anyone else would be charged with reckless driving.

I'm sure the woman who had an SUV roll over her stomach (and probably has permanent damage) is relieved that this guy got a whole seven days off work for what he did. :eyes:

[ThomCat]

6. Right. Multiple serious broken bones that will cause a lifetime

of permanent problems and pain, and he got a 7 day vacation out of it. :grr:

[onehandle]

4. This happens now and then in Florida. Only now is it of interest of DUers because it was a cop.

The question is why the Hell are people allowed to drive on the beach?

I avoid beaches where you can do this.

[maxsolomon]

5. i dunno about you, but i see all women in bathing suits

rrrrowr!

:hide:

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Wonder if anything distracted him?

Like all the bikinis on the beach, maybe.

[david13]

7. This is not the first time this has happened.