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Police find driver in Corzine crash, won't charge
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
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April 14, 2007, 1:29 PM EDT
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- The driver of a red pickup truck accused of causing the crash that critically injured Gov. Jon Corzine will not be charged because he was unaware he had caused an accident, State Police said Saturday.
A state official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly, said the driver was a "special needs driver" who may have a mentaal impairment.
Acting on information obtained from the Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department, along with leads that state troopers generated from Garden State Parkway surveillance cameras and toll information, authorities found the 20-year-old driver Friday night at an Atlantic City casino, where he works, and interviewed him.
"The statement of the driver of the red Ford pickup indicates that he was unaware that he caused this accident which unfolded as the other two vehicles passed him," State Police Superintendent Col. Rick Fuentes said. "He stated that he pulled back onto the road and left the area, believing that he was not involved."
The driver was not identified because he was not charged, state police said.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
April 14, 2007, 1:29 PM EDT
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- The driver of a red pickup truck accused of causing the crash that critically injured Gov. Jon Corzine will not be charged because he was unaware he had caused an accident, State Police said Saturday.
A state official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly, said the driver was a "special needs driver" who may have a mentaal impairment.
Acting on information obtained from the Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department, along with leads that state troopers generated from Garden State Parkway surveillance cameras and toll information, authorities found the 20-year-old driver Friday night at an Atlantic City casino, where he works, and interviewed him.
"The statement of the driver of the red Ford pickup indicates that he was unaware that he caused this accident which unfolded as the other two vehicles passed him," State Police Superintendent Col. Rick Fuentes said. "He stated that he pulled back onto the road and left the area, believing that he was not involved."
The driver was not identified because he was not charged, state police said.