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Riiiight. When someone does a hit and run, its because they are drunk or high. No other reason because overwhelmingly its just an accident otherwise according to police. You won't get in trouble if you stay and call. You can say it was dark or the sun was in your eyes or he came out of nowhere and its fine. And you sure as hell know the difference between hitting a deer and a human. But when you bolt, you can go home and if they track you down after a bit, you can say I had a few drinks at home and they can't do dick. Its such bullshit.
Just read the story. I think the County Sheriff came out to the scene right after he called it in, neither saw the body in the ditch.
Realllllly? After a fundraiser at a bar and grill?
My spidey senses are tingling. Bad optics regardless.
Quote: @SFVikeFan said:
Just read the story. I think the County Sheriff came out to the scene right after he called it in, neither saw the body in the ditch.
Realllllly? After a fundraiser at a bar and grill?
My spidey senses are tingling. Bad optics regardless.
Here's what I've experienced about the police: they aren't very thorough. They miss obvious things, especially the sheriff's department. It all depends who you get, kind of like customer service. It isn't like TV where the officers and detectives go over every inch of a scene in a 50 yard radius.
Yeah, my example above isn't for this particular case, but for others. Nobody is going to tell me that the AG wasn't legally drunk, he came from a fund raiser. And anyone that's ever hit a deer with a car (I have twice growing up in the U.P. of Michigan) would know the difference, its laughable. If you aren't drunk, you don't need to make up dumb shit like this for an explanation. Very interesting there wasn't a sobriety test.
How stoopid are some people?
Good Lord...
Yeah, this better get investigated. This AG also has had six speeding tickets from 2014-2018. How can you hit something and not stop and immediately take a look at what you just hit? For now, I'm not buying his story one bit.
It's all good, the AG just said he wasn't drinking the night of. Nothing to see here, just an innocent accident.
Maybe they can use some of that CARES act money that they are using for advertising tourism to pay the family of the dead, I mean deer.
If Noem was 30lbs heavier, the GOP and Trump wouldn't touch her with a ten foot pole
Nothing fishy at all about this!
I've never hit a deer with my car before but I've seen the movie Bambi, and Bambi don't look like no human.
I'm sure he'll walk scott free. Very tragic story for the victim's family.
Quote: @pattersaur said:
Nothing fishy at all about this!
I've never hit a deer with my car before but I've seen the movie Bambi, and Bambi don't look like no human.
I'm sure he'll walk scott free. Very tragic story for the victim's family.
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This...
Quote: @SFVikeFan said:
Just read the story. I think the County Sheriff came out to the scene right after he called it in, neither saw the body in the ditch.
Realllllly? After a fundraiser at a bar and grill?
My spidey senses are tingling. Bad optics regardless.
blood draw would likely make optics even worse,
Government and Politics
'I discovered the body': SD AG Ravnsborg releases 2-page statement on fatal collision
South Dakota Attorney General
Jason Ravnsborg released a two-page statement Monday night, Sept. 14,
about the weekend crash where he struck and killed Joseph Boever, 55, of
Highmore, S.D., while driving on U.S. Highway 14 just west of Highmore.
The statement provides many details that haven't been released by
authorities, and haven't been confirmed by them.
*** As
reported by many news outlets, I was involved in an accident on
Saturday, September 12, 2020, that tragically involved a pedestrian who
was walking on Highway 14 near Highmore, South Dakota. I have not made a
statement before now because the matter is being investigated by the
South Dakota Highway Patrol and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal
Investigation and I want to respect that process and let it happen
without any interference or appearance of impropriety on my part.
However, it has come to my attention that there are many rumors and
stories being told and reported which do not represent a full and
factual account of what happened. For this reason, I’m issuing this
statement but will not answer questions about this matter until the
official investigation is complete.
On
September 12, 2020, I attended the Spink County Lincoln Day Dinner in
Redfield, South Dakota. I arrived in Redfield at about 4:45 pm. and left
the dinner at approximately 9:15. I consumed no alcoholic beverages
before, during or after the event. While on my way back to Pierre and
shortly after leaving the town of Highmore, my vehicle struck something
that I believed to be a large animal (likely a deer). I didn’t see what I
hit and stopped my vehicle immediately to investigate. I immediately
called 911 to report the accident and the Hyde County Sheriff came to
the scene.
I looked around the vehicle
in the dark and saw nothing to indicate what I had hit. All I could see
were pieces of my vehicle laying on and around the roadway. Because it
was dark and I didn’t have a flashlight, I used my cell phone flashlight
to survey the ditch but couldn’t see anything. When Sheriff Volek
arrived at the scene he asked me if I was o.k. and surveyed the damage
at the scene and to my vehicle. Sheriff Volek filled out the necessary
paperwork to properly report the accident and gave me the tag that is
required to get my vehicle repaired. At no time did either of us suspect
that I had been involved in an accident with a person. Because my car
was damaged too severely to safely drive, a wrecker was called. The
nearest tow service that services the Highmore area is out of Pierre and
Sheriff Volek advised me that it could take well over an hour before
the tow truck would arrive. As a result, he graciously offered to loan
me his personal vehicle so I could drive back to Pierre. We drove a
short distance from the scene to his home, I borrowed his vehicle and
arrived back in Pierre just before midnight. During the drive back to
Pierre, I called my chief of staff and told him about the accident and
the fact that I had borrowed Sheriff Volek’s vehicle to drive home. He
and I made arrangements to return the sheriff’s vehicle the next
morning.
On Sunday morning, my chief
of staff and I left Pierre at about 8:00 a.m., I drove Sheriff Volek’s
vehicle to Highmore and filled the tank with gas. As we were driving to
return the vehicle to Sheriff Volek’s home, the debris field from my
accident was still on the road so my chief of staff and I stopped to see
if the animal that I thought I hit was in the ditch. As I walked along
the shoulder of the road I discovered the body of Mr. Boever in the
grass just off the roadway. My chief of staff and I checked and it was
apparent that Mr. Boever was deceased. I immediately drove to Sheriff
Volek’s home to report the discovery and he accompanied me back to the
scene. Once there, the Sheriff instructed me that he would handle the
investigation, and asked me to return to Pierre.
I’ve
been cooperating fully with the investigation and have agreed to a
search of both of my cell phones, provided a blood draw, and have given
the investigators the names of anyone at the dinner who can confirm that
I was not drinking alcohol at any time during the event. I also sat
down with the agents investigating this matter and have provided them
with a full face to face interview answering any and all questions they
have of me.
I’m deeply saddened by the
tragic nature of these events and my heartfelt condolences go out to
the Boever family. As stated previously, I am providing this information
to try and dispel some of the rumor and innuendo that are being spread
in the wake of this tragedy. That being said, I will not be answering
questions at this time and will give this investigation the respect that
it deserves. Once the investigation is complete I will make myself
available to answer questions that may exist; however, I have full
confidence in the thoroughness of the job being done by the South Dakota
Highway Patrol and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation
which I believe will answer most if not all questions that the people of
South Dakota may have.
Jason R. Ravnsborg
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