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Escambia Deputies Involved In Two Separate Wrecks
January 10, 2013
Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies were involved into two separate traffic crashes Wednesday.
The first crash occurred just after 2 a.m. on Highway 29 at Burgess Road. The Florida Highway Patrol say Deputy Kristi Berry was en route to a robbery in progress call at a Waffle House on Highway 29. She was traveling in the inside lane, approaching a 1992 Toyota driven by Kaylyn Zimmerman of Pensacola. Zimmerman started to move to the inside lane and then quickly changed back to the center lane realizing a vehicle was approaching from the rear at a greater speed.
Berry took evasive action by changing into the left turn lane and braking sharply. She over-corrected, according to the FHP, and traveled across all lanes of southbound Highway 29 before striking a traffic signal support pole. She was transported to Sacred Heart Hospital for minor injuries. No contact was made between Berry’s patrol vehicle and Zimmerman’s vehicle.
The second accident involving a deputy occurred about 3:15 a.m. on Olive Road east of Davis Highway. The FHP said Deputy Jeremiah Meeks failed to stop for a 2010 Chevrolet SUV driven by Bradley Baker of Pensacola. Baker was stopped for a northbound vehicle on Davis Highway.
Meeks rear-ended Baker’s vehicle. There were no injuries.
There were no charges filed in either accident.
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5 Responses to “Escambia Deputies Involved In Two Separate Wrecks”
Tambo, although the ABI are state troopers, they are the investigative division of the troopers. You would need to call the Highway Patrol division. They are the traffic enforcement division of the state troopers.
As to the no charges filed, it was explained to me like this and it doesn’t bother me. If you work at Walmart, you get a discount from Walmart. If you work at McDonalds, you get a discount from McDonalds. If you work at an accounting office, you get a discount from the accountant. So if you are in law enforcement, shouldn’t you get a discount….within reason of course. I don’t have a problem with that. What idiot LEO would write another LEO a ticket today when he may need him to back him up when in a fight tomorrow. Anyone with a brain can figure that one out.
I was driveing to Mcdonalds on 113 headed into flomaton and a city police car was sitting with his car almost off the road his driver side tires where in the bike lane.this was around 10.30 pm he had no lights on at all and it was on a tues night (i mean no lights) my driver side mirrior almost clipped his or hers i flipped out because i was upon him that quick!!! so i proceeded to Mcdonalds and turned around still freaking out shaking!!I was hit by a log truck a few years ago and by the grace of God im alive today!! now you see why i was flipping out.
well to my surprise he was still sitting there!!still no lights!!!!i guess they can do what they want! but if that ever happens to me again i will call the A.B.I !!
Really??? No charges after he rear ended that other car??? If it would have been the other way around that guy would have gotten a big fat ticket!!!! Seriously….the same laws should apply to them as well!!!! RIDICULOUS!!!!!!
No charges? No careless driving for rear ending someone??
I experienced a ESCO vehicle running a red light as I was going through the intersection of Hwy 29 N & 9 Mile Rd. I was proceeding into the intersection as the Deputy approached the Red Light for their lane at a high rate of speed. As I was going through the intersection, I kept my eye on the Deputy as I turned Left to go west on 9 Mile Rd, because I wasn’t sure they were going to stop. As soon as I was in my lane on 9 Mile Rd, the Deputy had run the light and was passing me with no emergency lights. It was unnerving. Had I decided to change lanes, thinking it was safe, there would have been a collision.
The Deputy was obviously positioning them-self strategically for something or someone as they stopped in the median turn lane and paused for no apparent reason before hauling butt down Untriener Rd next to Home Depot.
Emergency lights should have at least been used at 9 Mile & 29 before creating a dangerous situation for the public, namely me.