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U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson was involved in two hit-and-run accidents in the San Gabriel Valley on Satruday before being found unconscious inside his Lexus vehicle by police, authorities said.
Bryson was treated at the scene by Los Angeles County firefighters. Authorities said drugs or alcohol do not appear to have played a role in the crash.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and San Gabriel Police Department said in a joint statement that Bryson was cooperative wad detectives. He was cited for felony hit and run but was not booked into jail because he had been admitted to the hospital. His condition was not known.
"The investigation is in its preliminary stages," the statement said.
Bryson was driving a Lexus in the 400 block of South San Gabriel Boulevard shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday, when he allegedly rear-ended a Buick as it was waiting for a train to pass, according to the statement,
After briefly stopping to talk to the three men inside the Buick, Bryson left the location in the Lexus and then struck the Buick a second time, authorities said. The men followed Bryson's car and called 911 to ask for police assistance.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/06/commerce-secretary-john-bryson-found-unconscious-after-hit-and-run-crashes.html
my guess is that Obama will soon be making a new nomination for Commerce Secretary.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)Sounds like it to me, but I'm no doctor.
catbyte
(34,472 posts)My husband totaled our truck a few years ago when he was driving with a blood sugar of 29. It snuck up so fast on him he didn't realize it--and he was good at gauging his blood sugar level before the dementia set in. I hope they give him a thorough medical check-up.
Diane
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Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)MadHound
(34,179 posts)Wonder if he got a breathalyzer or blood test, like every other person who is found unconscious after a couple of hit and runs?
ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)Drunk, diabetic, or something else.
cali
(114,904 posts)but a seizure does make sense under the circumstance.
KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)...Faux Noise will be all over this one that somehow Obama's "socialist" policies were responsible for road rage or maybe Bryson was doing some test on the super secret Kenyan/Indonesian "moooslim" plan...there's gotta be some political hay to be made of this
Greybnk48
(10,177 posts)FarCenter
(19,429 posts)Bryson has also served as a director on several public, educational and nonprofit boards, including The Boeing Company and The Walt Disney Company. He has also served as an adviser and a director of entrepreneurial and start-up companies including Coda Automotive, Inc. and BrightSource Energy. He was a senior adviser to the global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR).
Prior to joining the private sector, Bryson served as president of the California Public Utilities Commission and chairman of the California State Water Resources Control Board. He was also a partner in the law firm of Morrison and Foerster. Shortly after earning his J.D. from Yale law school, he and some classmates received a grant from the Ford Foundation to form the Natural Resources Defense Council in 1971.
http://www.commerce.gov/about-commerce/commerce-leadership/secretary-john-bryson