HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Civil Services Commission - 09/26/1993 RENT POLICE DEPARTMENT
-�� September 26 , 1993
TO: Lieutenant Robert Cline
FROM: Captain Charles E. Mille
SUBJECT: Employee Accident
On August 19, 1993 at approximately 1 : 35 PM Corrections Lieutenant
George E. Burke was involved in a minor injury accident while
driving a City vehicle .
The accident was investigated by Officer Todd P. Durham. There
were no supervisors or administrators at the scene.
The facts of the case are relatively simple. The Hamington vehicle
was directly in front of Burke. Both vehicles were stopped east
bound on East Willis Street at South Central Avenue for a red
traffic light . Hamington made a free right turn and proceeded
south bound on South Central Avenue and then had to stop for a
truck preparing to make a right turn into the 7-11 store on the
• southwest corner of East Willis Street and South Central Avenue.
Lieutenant Burke , who had received a green light, then proceeded
to make his right turn and struck Hamington' s vehicle from behind.
Officer Durham provided a hand written statement outlining the
facts of the case and possible contributing factors . Officer
Durham stated there are bushes at the intersection that may have
prevented Lieutenant Burke from looking around ' the corner and
seeing the vehicles stopped. He also felt the size of the driveway
into the 7-11 may have been the reason the truck had to stop in the
roadway.
My personal feeling is that Lieutenant Burke was inattentive . He
has driven this route hundreds of times and should be very familiar
with the intersection and the conditions that exist there. I do
not know why he was inattentive, but if he had been concentrating
on his driving and what was going on around him I feel he could
have avoided the accident .
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