Fort Lee woman died as GWB closures delayed medical help, report says
Source: NJ.com
By Brent Johnson/The Star-Ledger
TRENTON The controversial lane closures at the George Washington Bridge last September delayed emergency responders from attending to at least four medical situations in Fort Lee including helping a 91-year-old woman who lay unconscious and later died, according to a report by The Record.
Democrats have long accused Republican Gov. Chris Christie of ordering the lane closures as political retribution for Fort Lee's Democratic mayor refusing to endorse his re-election bid last year. Today, newly unveiled e-mails show that one of Christie's top aides knew about the closures in advance. The governor himself has denied being involved and today issued a statement admonishing the aide.
As traffic clogged the area, the response time doubled in at least two medical calls, according to a letter from Paul Favia, the head of Fort Lee's EMS department, sent to the borough's mayor, the Record's report said.
On the morning of Sept. 9 the first day of the gridlock EMS crews took seven to nine minutes to arrive at the scene of a car accident in which four people were injured, when the response time should have been less than four minutes, according to the report.
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The local access lanes at the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee. (Jennifer Brown/The Star-Ledger)
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)negligent homicide!
niyad
(113,552 posts)perhaps her heirs, if any, can bring civil suits, if nothing else.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)this should be most entertaining.
Kingofalldems
(38,475 posts)on a Democrat. Menendez or Booker would be my guess.
Blue Owl
(50,494 posts)Historic NY
(37,453 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)the minds of Christie's Top Aides? Oh right.. they're fooking braindead revengeful republicons.
Let's recap..
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Let's recap. #BridgeGate happened because Christie didn't get an endorsement he didn't need. He was winning by 30 points.
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Cha
(297,655 posts)Traffic is bad enough on a day when revengeful republicons aren't closing a bridge.
tblue
(16,350 posts)But this will make it harder. I actually wanted CC to get the nomination. Because otherwise Jeb will.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Connecting him in some way. If so, goodbye Christie.
winstars
(4,220 posts)and have come up with a likely name. Not gonna repeat it here (Richard Jewel...) but she might have been someones 91 year old Italian-American Mom. (Grandmother, Great Grandmother???)
Anyones Mom who might have passed before her time is always terrible.
But if this is the unfortunate women in question, having a name that is very Italian-American ain't gonna help Crispy Cream in NJ for god sakes.
Fugeddaboudit... he done...