Two Honolulu Police Department motorcycle officers involved in Bush motorcade crash

[Kadie]

Updated at 7:51 a.m., Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Injured HPD motorcycle officers transported to hospital


City Emergency Services is transporting two Honolulu Police Department motorcycle officers involved in Bush motorcade crash to The Queen's Medical Center.

Three Honolulu Police Department motorcycle officers escorting President George W. Bush to Hickam Air Force Base crashed alongside the motorcade at about 7:10 a.m on the base entry road.


http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/21/br/br5187469032.html


At the time of the accident, the motorcade was traveling on the right side of the road and the motorcycle officers were on the left side.



A Hawaiian motorcycle police officer is seen on the ground after an accident as President Bush's motorcade heads for breakfast at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)


A Hawaiian motorcycle police officer, right, is seen on the ground after an accident as President Bush and his motorcade headed to Hickam Air Force Base for breakfast in Honolulu, Hawaii, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)


A Hawaiian motorcycle police officer, right, lies on the ground after an accident as President Bush 's motorcade heads to breakfast at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

[Not Me]

1. Was Pickles driving?

[Richard Steele]

Ba-ZING! nm

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Was a stop sign? If so, probably yes.

[Beaverhausen]

14. LOL!!!

:rofl:

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. WTF is chimpy doing over there anyway?

[KamaAina]

5. He's on his way back from the Asian trip

no public appearances, though. Can't let the Emperor get too close to one of them First Amendment zones. :sarcasm:

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. Coming back from Asia in a motorcade?

Why does he need to get off the plane?

[Kadie]

17. Breakfast photo-op with the troops. n/t

[asjr]

3. It figures. Bush has always been an accident

waiting to happen.

[KamaAina]

6. OK, why are we paying for his security?

He couldn't bring Secret Service along with him? Or use a military escort? And now three of our officers are injured because of his visit, which does not even include any public appearances (protesters, y'know); he was only on his way from one military base to another a couple of miles away. :grr:

[Virginia Dare]

21. Local police always provide escort...

the D.C. Police Dept. does when he's here in town. D.C. residents pay for FEDERAL security, and they don't even have a vote in Congress. It is a travesty.

[Blackhatjack]

7. It Seems Everywhere * Goes An Accident Happens! Coincidence?

How much of a coincidence is it that so many people who ride along with Bush end up in an accident?

Everywhere he goes, accidents just seem to waiting to happen.

Check that 'black cloud' over Bush, is it bad karma?

[hippiechick]

9. Death and Destruction, I'm tellin' ya ...

[Holly_Hobby]

29. It's the voodoo curse put on him in Indonesia

Looks like a problem with a tire on Air Force One, too.

US President George W. Bush will arrive in Indonesia on board Air Force One on Monday after a tyre problem on the plane was fixed, an official said.

The president was to take a smaller aircraft rather than the distinctive blue and white jumbo jetliner on which he usually travels after his Boeing 747 needed repairs.

"They had a problem with one of the tyres. They were able to find a replacement tyre, which they have replaced. We are back to normal," White House spokesman Tony Fratto said.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20788464-23109,00.html

Let's see, a motorcycle crash, Barbara's purse and cell phone, SS agent beat up in both Argentina and Hawaii, a tire on Air Force One. Hmmmm. Maybe the curse worked.

[Virginia Dare]

8. Well, as long as the chimp wasn't late for his breakfast....

hoping they weren't badly hurt. :cry:

[NV Whino]

10. I find this a little puzzling

The road is clear of traffic and three, repeat three, motorcycles crash. I see by the photos that is was raining, but what on earth caused the crashes on a clear road?

[Nickster]

12. Easy, they are regular cops and they were assigned to escort the President of the US.

They were probably so wired to keep everything professional and accurate looking and focusing on protecting the convoy that they weren't so aware of their own personal space. One guy probably slipped from the rain and the other two just weren't looking. No different than any other multiple pile up car accidents that we see every day on the road.

[Virginia Dare]

22. probably traveling at a fairly high speed too...

for the conditions...

[Kadie]

13. I finally found 'a little' more info...

Posted at 7:20 a.m., Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Three HPD motorcycles crash during Bush motorcade

Advertiser Staff

Three Honolulu Police Department motorcycle officers escorting President George W. Bush's motorcade had their motorcycles slip out from under them at about 7:10 a.m on the same stretch of rain-slickened pavement on Hickam Air Force Base.

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/21/br/br2614735089.html



Motorcycle Officers Injured In Presidential Motorcade

POSTED: 7:36 am HST November 21, 2006
UPDATED: 7:58 am HST November 21, 2006


HONOLULU -- Three Honolulu police motorcycles in President George W. Bush's motorcade were involved in an accident on Tuesday morning at Hickam Air Force Base.

Officers were seen lying on the grass at the base near their overturned motorcycles.

One of the motorcyle officer's bikes slid under the others, according to a spokesman for Hickam Air Force Base.

http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/10371566/detail.html




Posted on: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 7:25 AM HST
3 motorcycle officers crash in Bush motorcade
Star-Bulletin Staff
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snip...
City ambulances took two officers to The Queen’s Medical Center. One officer, 30, was in serious condition and the other, 36, was in stable, according to a city emergency services spokesman. Federal emergency personnel took the third officer to Queen’s, but the condition of that offcer was unknown.

The accident, which happened on a rain-soaked road on Hickam at about 7:15 a.m., occurred well behind the president's car and the motorcade did not stop.


http://starbulletin.com/breaking/breaking.php?id=5148

[KamaAina]

15. Rain-soaked road? Not likely...

The accident, which happened on a rain-soaked road on Hickam at about 7:15 a.m.,

Radar shows only light showers across O'ahu this morning. My bus went through one which had stopped by the time we reached downtown (a fairly common occurrence hereabouts), but by no means was the road "rain-soaked".

[Kadie]

16. I know. From looking at the pics the road looks wet, but not rain-soaked.

Not much info yet. I had to piece together 4 different articles just to get the little info I posted so far.

Maybe more info will come out later.

[Kadie]

18. here comes the conflicting info...

One story says they were behind the motorcade, this one says had just ridden past the motorcade...


snip...
As Bush left a guest house for breakfast, three police motorcycles escorting his motorcade crashed on slick pavement and rolled onto a grassy median. Officers were seen lying on the grass, and members of the White House medical team — including an ambulance — were cut loose from the motorcade to help, said Dr. Richard Tubb, Bush's doctor. Local ambulance and fire units also were sent to the scene.

The three cyclists had just ridden past the president's limousine to jump ahead and control traffic when they crashed.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061121/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_149


and from rain-soaked to light rain, slick roads....

snip...
The Honolulu Police Department said that ambulance and fire units had been sent to the base, where light rain had been falling on the partly cloudy morning, and some roads on the base were slick.

Two of the officers were transported by ambulance to Queens Medical Center in Honolulu, said Bryan Cheplick, a spokesman for the Honolulu Emergency Services Department.


http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/21/bush.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest

[NV Whino]

20. Okay, this make more sense

"One of the motorcyle officer's bikes slid under the others, according to a spokesman for Hickam Air Force Base. "

That accounts for the three crashes. And...

I don't know how much rain they had before this point, but a little is more dangerous than a lot. The first rain of a season turns roads with a buildup of oil into very dangerous things.

[bigtree]

23. can anyone imagine Clinton NOT stopping to see if they were okay?

"the motorcade did not stop"

[Kadie]

24. "The president was very concerned" and he gave a commemorative presidential coin...

from the latest article...


Motorcycle Officer Critically Injured In Motorcade Crash

snip...
A 30-year-old officer's condition has worsened. He was last reported in critical condition. He underwent surgery for internal bleeding.

"The injuries are severe enough that it could go either way," Capt. Frank Fujii said.

snip...
"The roadway that they were traveling on was not the typical asphalt that is out there on the public roadways," Fujii said.

The president apparently saw the injured officers. Moments before leaving he requested an update on their condition from Maj. Stephen Kornegay. The president gave the major a commemorative presidential coin for the hospitalized officer.

"The president was very concerned," Fujii said.

more...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/kitv/20061122/lo_kitv/10371566

[symbolman]

25. Jesus

WHAT A PRICK.

a fucking TIN COIN? for INTERNAL BLEEDING?

I've seen BUMS get more respect.

Asshole. Bush doesn't know what CONCERNED IS. He's never had an Honest EMOTION in his life, as he's a Psychopath.

Thanks for the info, sickening to think that shithead is somehow even INVOLVED at the top of America's food chain.

[Kadie]

27. I must say,

I got that pain in my stomach again when I read about the coin. I have been getting that pain in my stomach a lot the past 6 plus years.

:cry:

[Kadie]

19. more info...

in my post #18.

[opihimoimoi]

26. He gave the cop a COIN? Dats whot those Frenchy aristocrats did before the Revolution

to pay off victims of their coaches accidents....A coin for a life or two....damn, ya think this crew would know better.

[spinbaby]

28. One of the officers is in critical condition

Heard on MSNBC a bit ago.