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Deputy Charged After 5-Vehicle Wreck
July 21, 2011
An Escambia County Sheriff’s deputy was charged with careless driving after a wreck involving five vehicles Wednesday night.
The Florida Highway Patrol said Deputy Justin Duval, 25, was traveling west on Gulf Beach Highway in a marked Sheriff’s Office vehicle when he rear-ended a 1998 Buick driven by 32-year old Kendra Tanner of Pensacola. The force of the collision sent Tanner’s vehicle into three properly parked vehicles in a nearby parking lot.
Tanner was transported to West Florida Hospital with minor injuries. A 13-year old passenger in her vehicle was not injured.
Duval was charged with careless driving by the FHP, while Tanner was charged with driving with a suspended license.
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10 Responses to “Deputy Charged After 5-Vehicle Wreck”
@Bushwhacker,
I bet the attorneys for the plaintiffs will!
Of course, all the county cruisers I’ve seen have computers mounted on a pedestal right adjacent to the driver’s seat….
Wonder if they checked to see if he was texting while driving?
i was on hey 29 the other evening, in the rain, when a deputy was right behind me. i could not tell at first who it was, but he rode on my rear end entirely too close. he passed me and floored it. it was raining hard and he could have caused an accident. i remember thinking that with the heavy rain and him following so close, if i had been startled or someone pulled out in front of me, that he would have rear ended me, too. i started to call dispatch, but figured it would do no good.
“jcellop” wrote — “interesting that the officers rate of speed, at the time of the crash, was not mentioned- id say that would be a pretty significant element of the incident- for many reasons”
I’m not defending or pointing finders at anyone. However, the speed in a crash is almost never included a FHP news release.
Wow, EJ, That’s how rumors get started. Please make sure you read things before you make a comment .
interesting that the officers rate of speed, at the time of the crash, was not mentioned- id say that would be a pretty significant element of the incident- for many reasons…no doubt, it has already been determined by crash experts/witnessess.
Wow, that’ll go a long way towards inter-department relations between the Sheriff’s Deputies and the FHP Troopers.
Wow! I’m shocked they didn’t turn it over to Internal Affairs who would’ve concluded he followed policy.
>> Am I reading this right…… Duval, driving a marked Sheriff’s Office vehicle with a suspended license?? WHAT?
No, that’s not what it says. “Duval was charged with careless driving by the FHP, while Tanner was charged with driving with a suspended license.”
Duval = deputy
Tanner = person he rear-ended
Am I reading this right…… Duval, driving a marked Sheriff’s Office vehicle with a suspended license?? WHAT?