[cifnmedia] FIREFIGHTER STRUCK IN HIT-AND-RUN
- From: Sean & Kimberly Aaron <cifn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: CIFN LIST <cifnmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 00:32:17 -0700 (PDT)
News/Updates
FIREFIGHTER STRUCK IN HIT-AND-RUN SAYS DRIVER LECTURED HIM BEFORE DRIVING AWAY!
(FFCC.Com Notes: THE CIVILAINS DON'T GET IT... and won't! So we have to act as
if it is THEIR INTENT TO RUN US OVER... as shown below! Fortunately CFD FF Rich
Atkins is ok, and the cops got the lunatic who ran him over. But NOTE THE
civilians comments: "You were supposed to get out of the way!!!!" We need to
act as if EVERY civilian on the roadway in intenting to run us over... and with
that understanding, we now must PLAN for that by BLOCKING the scene.)
June 16, 2004 — A Chicago firefighter who was struck by a car while on the job
said the driver stopped and told him to "get out of the way" before driving
off.
Richard L. Atkins, 54, was working traffic control at the scene of an accident
Tuesday afternoon when a Lincoln Town Car going 20 mph hit him, throwing the
26-year-veteran onto the windshield and over the roof of the car.
The driver of the car, Neil Langston, 70, of Chicago, stopped and got out of
the car, Chicago Police Department spokesman Hector Alfaro said.
After Atkins got to his feet, he said he asked Langston: "Did you see me
there?"
"You were supposed to get out of the way," Langston said, according to Atkins.
Reached at home Wednesday, Langston declined to comment.
Langston got back in the car and continued driving, but was stopped shortly
afterward by police, Alfaro said.
Atkins received minor scrapes, bumps and bruises. He was taken to Northwestern
Memorial Hospital for treatment.
"Everything's going to be sore tomorrow," Atkins said. "But I'm a strong boy."
Langston was charged with hitting an emergency worker under Scott's Law,
leaving the scene of an accident and driving without insurance and a city
sticker, said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.
Scott's Law, named for Lt. Scott Gillen, a Chicago firefighter killed in
December 2000, increases penalties for motorists who fail to yield to emergency
vehicles at an accident scene.
Sean A. Aaron (CIFN*1)
Central Illinois Fire Network
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