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Tuesday, March 03, 2009 9:45:49 PM
FHP: Jacksonville officer playing with laptop before wreck - No charges filed
She suffers arm injuries on Zoo Parkway this morning
* By Jim Schoettler
* Story updated at 6:15 AM on Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2009
A Jacksonville police officer took her eyes off the road to read her laptop moments before her cruiser rear-ended an empty gasoline tanker truck this morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Officer Amanda Meyer, 29, was driving west in the 1500 block of Zoo Parkway about 8:30 a.m. when her car struck the truck, said Lt. Bill Leeper, a Highway Patrol spokesman.
Leeper said the truck had stopped at a railroad crossing, as required by state law, and was about to head across when the accident occurred.
Leeper said Meyer had briefly glanced at her in-car laptop, which is mounted to her right, before the accident. When she refocused on the road, she tried to swerve to miss the truck, he said. The right front of her vehicle struck the truck.
The patrol car was traveling about 40 mph in a 45-mph zone when the accident occurred, said Sgt. Joel Johnson of the Highway Patrol.
Meyer suffered injuries to her left arm. She was taken to Baptist Medical Center, where she was treated and released. The truck driver, Andrew Holmquist, 42, was not injured. The truck is owned by Florida Rock & Tank Lines.
Leeper said investigators have yet to complete the report or determine if charges will be filed against Meyer. This is her first accident as a police officer.
The Sheriff's Office has no written policy regarding the use of laptops by officers in transit, said J. Carson Tranquille, chief of patrol east. Tranquille said officers are told during training not to read or type on their laptops while driving. Of the lack of a written policy, Tranquille said, "We're going to look at it."
http://www.jacksonville.com/news/metro/crime/2009-03-02/story/jacksonville_police_officer_injured_in_crash
She suffers arm injuries on Zoo Parkway this morning
* By Jim Schoettler
* Story updated at 6:15 AM on Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2009
A Jacksonville police officer took her eyes off the road to read her laptop moments before her cruiser rear-ended an empty gasoline tanker truck this morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Officer Amanda Meyer, 29, was driving west in the 1500 block of Zoo Parkway about 8:30 a.m. when her car struck the truck, said Lt. Bill Leeper, a Highway Patrol spokesman.
Leeper said the truck had stopped at a railroad crossing, as required by state law, and was about to head across when the accident occurred.
Leeper said Meyer had briefly glanced at her in-car laptop, which is mounted to her right, before the accident. When she refocused on the road, she tried to swerve to miss the truck, he said. The right front of her vehicle struck the truck.
The patrol car was traveling about 40 mph in a 45-mph zone when the accident occurred, said Sgt. Joel Johnson of the Highway Patrol.
Meyer suffered injuries to her left arm. She was taken to Baptist Medical Center, where she was treated and released. The truck driver, Andrew Holmquist, 42, was not injured. The truck is owned by Florida Rock & Tank Lines.
Leeper said investigators have yet to complete the report or determine if charges will be filed against Meyer. This is her first accident as a police officer.
The Sheriff's Office has no written policy regarding the use of laptops by officers in transit, said J. Carson Tranquille, chief of patrol east. Tranquille said officers are told during training not to read or type on their laptops while driving. Of the lack of a written policy, Tranquille said, "We're going to look at it."
http://www.jacksonville.com/news/metro/crime/2009-03-02/story/jacksonville_police_officer_injured_in_crash
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