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Escambia Sheriff’s Office Tahoe Collides With A Prius
June 11, 2022
An Escambia County Sheriff’s Office unit collided with a Toyota Prius Friday.
The marked ECSO Chevrolet Tahoe was traveling northbound on Highway 295 with its lights and siren activated as a white Toyota Prius was traveling southbound. The Tahoe experienced a mechanical failure while negotiating a curve, according to the Florida Highway Patrol, and traveled across the median.
The ECSO Tahoe collided with the Prius. Neither driver was transported to the hospital, and only minor injuries were reported.
FHP said no citations were issued.
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22 Responses to “Escambia Sheriff’s Office Tahoe Collides With A Prius”
Steering wheel not pointed in the direction the vehicle was going- mechanical failure.
Wow, first thank goodness everyone is OK.
Second, for a simple report to keep public informed, so many respond with hurtful, hateful, and uninformed opinions.
Third, the Tahoes’ in question are not the same as the general public drives. These vehicles have been modified for speed, handling, and durability. Also these officers undergo many hours of training and before hitting the pavement.
Fourth, let’s remember ECSD did not write, publish, or determine outcome of this report… that would have been the FHP.
Fifth, lawsuit…. really so much unknown, yet let’s sue the ECSD (which belongs to all of us). If lawsuit is warranted… sue away.
My three cents…
Bring on the hate.
In most cases, when a mechanical failure is noted in one of the many of a fleet of vehicles, all the vehicles are taken out of service .until they.can all be inspected to insure the same mechanical failure doesn’t happen with the other vehicles, in this case for the officers and the publics safety.. It will be interesting to see a report on how the rest were inspected prior to returning to service. Wonder if Chevy was consulted about this because anyone who owns a Tahoe might need to have their vehicle inspected also.
Uh oh Prius driver, get that ECSO law$uit going
ECSO you do of tremendous amount of work for our communities. Thank goodness for you! Glad the deputy and the citizen are ok.
Y’all sure are quick to judge on an incident you know nothing about unless you were actually there. Tire failure, brake failure, front end failure and other stuff can all happen when taking the stress of a curve. Keep judging though. Way to support the blue.
Come on man!!!!! To fast wasn’t a good excuse so let’s think up something else ok HEY I GOT IT !!!!!! Mechanical failure wow that it mechanical failure perfect!!!!! Everyone please remember this term mechanical failure !!!!! Sounds so sweet and puts the blame elsewhere quickly!!!!! Don’t forget mechanical failure it a two word way to keep from taking blame peroid !!!!!!!
Shure is easy to call someone out on something when you were not there or even in the neighborhood. Don’t jump to conclusions, it could be you next!
Shure is easy to call foul about something when you were not there or even in the neighborhood, don’t jump to conclusions, it may be you next!
Mechanical failure??…. hit the curve going too fast. The only failure was “operator failure” to take his foot off the accelerator and hit the brakes. Not hatin on the police. Would say the same thing no matter who it was. We all make mistakes…. just own it.
” Concerned citizen” , I am LMAO. Brilliant.
I am so glad no one was hurt. Thank you ECSO. I Don’t live there any longer but am so appreciative that you are looking out for my friends and family and working to keep them safe. Slow down a little cowboy those curves are rough.
Hummm
Isn’t it nice how they get to determine if they themselves did anything wrong or reckless? We should all get the same courtesy and be able to make a determination on if we did something wrong or not and that be the end of it.
This definitely does not pass the smell test.
I never thought that those Tahoe SUV’s were a good idea for a patrol vehicle. The Crown Vic’s were made for hard core patrol use.
Anybody else would have received a citation for driving too fast for conditions and causing an accident. Seems they took the officers word on the mechanical failure, not much time for a proper investigation. I’d be curious to review the dash cam video/ audio.
Thank you FHP, I will be getting all documents and reports to this crash and using them in the future. I will never be giving a citation from here on out, I will have a legal explanation for my accidents, I will strictly state “Mechanical Failure”.
Mechanical failure sure. Im not anti police but no accountability=corruption
Be specific about the “mechanical failure” FHP, otherwise it sounds like some “professional courtesy” is taking place in this case and an officers carelessness is being covered up. Thiscis exactly what makes the public distrustful of law enforcement, because we’ve seen this “professional courtesy” extended to many times!!!!
Mechanical failure, while negotiating a curve? Anyone else and it would be called going too fast for the curve. Was the mechanical failure the departure of the wheels from the road?
Never heard of a mechanical failure when taken a curve that sounds to like they were taken the curve way to fast!
“Mechanical failure”