Federal Officials Accuse N.Y. County of Blocking Investigation into Limo Crash That Killed 20

[Eugene]

Source: New York Times

By Jesse McKinley
Dec. 20, 2018

The limousine accident that killed 20 people in an upstate New York town in October was over in a few terrible moments: The packed, speeding vehicle flew through an intersection, slammed into a parked car and immediately smashed into a shallow gully.

But the search for answers is taking far longer, as local and federal authorities have found themselves in a standoff over access to the vehicle and other potentially important evidence.

That conflict flared on Thursday as the National Transportation Safety Board released a letter accusing the Schoharie County district attorney, Susan J. Mallery, of blocking its investigative team at almost every turn, including access to the limousine.

“We are gravely concerned that your lack of responsiveness to our requests has seriously impeded our abilities to carry out our congressionally-mandated duties to properly complete this safety investigation and potentially prevent similar accidents in the future,” wrote the board’s general counsel, Kathleen Silbaugh.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/nyregion/limo-crash-upstate-federal-ntsb.html

[DRoseDARs]

1. Local authorities are on the take. You know it. I know it. They don't want the feds knowing it. nt

[lostnfound]

6. The owner is a Pakistani FBI informant and terrorist recruiter, known for bugging the cars

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/nyregion/limo-owner-fbi-informant-shahed-hussain.html?module=inline

This story may be tip of an iceberg

[SergeStorms]

2. Let me guess.

The people standing in the way are republicans. And the reason they're doing this? Money or power. It's always about money or power.

[erronis]

3. I dunno. Money/power corrupts. And in NY there are ample examples of pols on both sides

being corrupted. Albany and NYC are not great examples of virtuousness.

[orleans]

5. good guess

at least the susan is a republican... and omg! what a fucking surprise! (not really)

"Voters picked Republicans Ron Stevens and Susan Mallery to lead Schoharie County’s law enforcement"

http://www.timesjournalonline.com/article.asp?id=103082

[3Hotdogs]

4. Who would bribe the D.A. ? The limo company is broke-ass.

The victims' heirs ain't gonna interfere with the investigation. The only basis for hindering the investigation is fear that local government will be sued for failure to impound the vehicle before the accident or failure to install traffic control devices at the bottom of the hill.