Wednesday, April 21, 2010

I new he was the man involved in the accident

I walked into the Law Enforcement Center the other day. I go there just about every day, in covering the Cops and Courts Beat. Anyway, When I walked into the records area, on the first floor, I saw a man sitting on a bench, and women was standing next to him. The bench the man was sitting on is next to the door of the records area, and glass separates the area from the lobby of the L.E.C., so when I was walking towards records, I could see they were there, even before I walked in the door. As I walked passed, I could not help but look at the man sitting on the bench in the face. When I did I new instantly, he was the man who was involved in the accident on Buffalo Gap Road.
You may remember it. A motorcyclist was traveling South on Buffalo Gap Road when a truck pulled out on to B.G.R. The Driver of the motorcycle was killed when he hit the truck on the the drivers side, between the front fender of the truck and the door.
How did I know it was him?
Well, it's not that I saw the man who was driving the truck when I was covering the story last week, because I never saw him. I guess it was just the look on his face. I remember telling myself, after I saw him, that this has got to be the guy who was driving the truck. Sure enough just a couple of minutes after I walked into the room, and as I was looking through some records, Chief Stan Standridge, Asst. Chief Mike Perry and Asst. Chief Doug Wrenn walked into the room, obviously going somewhere, but when they saw the man sitting on the bench Asst. Chief Doug Wrenn said high and the two other Chiefs introduced themselves. They began talking about the accident with him, and asked how his daughter was doing. Apparently the man's daughter was with him when the motorcycle hit them. The man said that she slept through the night and was able to go to school that day. They talked about other details of the case I will not talk about because I am not sure if they saw me standing there or not, but the point is the man who was driving the truck was effected. I know that goes with out saying, but anyone could have walked into the police department that day and seen the hurt on that mans face. I can only imagine what his daughter and even the rest of his family is going through.

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