Reports: An officer escorting Clinton's motorcade in Texas has died after crashing her motorcycle

[helderheid]

http://www.cnn.com/

:cry:

So sad

ETA:

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa080222_wz_officerhurt.197253ed.html

DALLAS — A veteran Dallas police officer escorting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's entourage to a rally in Oak Cliff Friday morning lost control of his motorcycle and was killed.

The accident happened on the Houston Street viaduct around 9:20 a.m. The Kawasaki 1000 Police Special motorcycle apparently hit a concrete abutment.

HD Chopper 8 pilot Troy Bush, who flew over the scene shortly after the incident, estimated that the officer had been thrown about 20 yards by the impact after apparently hitting a railing.

The victim was rushed to nearby Methodist Medical Center. The name of the officer, who has been on Dallas force since 1988, was not released.

Chief David Kunkle was seen arriving at the hospital shortly thereafter.

Sen. Clinton did not mention the accident at her rally; it was not clear whether she had been made aware of the incident.

Last year, a police officer was killed while escorting a motorcade for President George W. Bush in Albuquerque, N.M. There was a similar fatal crash involving a presidential motorcade in Hawaii in 2006.

[goldcanyonaz]

1. Thrown 30 ft from her motorcycle. How tragic.

[shadowknows69]

2. Aww man

That stinks. Good journey to that officer's soul. Bad shit happens to good people too often.

[Sannum]

3. Please be civil.

This is a tragic accident, not a conspiracy.

[helderheid]

5. Wait a second - how am I not being civil? This is a horrible thing that happened and I am completely

sincere in my sadness over this event. Do I come off otherwise?

ETA I am guessing this wasn't directed towards me.

[LisaM]

9. Not sure she means you. Some others

Were accusing (in advance) HRC of milking the incident.

[helderheid]

13. I hate that that doesn't surprise me. DU has become ugly.

[Cameron27]

12. I'm sure he wasn't referring to you helderheid,

there were some nasty SOB's who just couldn't help themselves in another thread.

[Sannum]

15. not directed at you.

I should have been more specific.

[helderheid]

20. You're fine - I was overly sensitive

[Cameron27]

4. Oh no,

how awful.

[cali]

6. Condolences to the officer's family

and my sympathy to Senator Clinton. This must be very difficult for her.

[LisaM]

7. Oh, how horrible

Crap crap crap.

[MonkeyFunk]

8. Hmm...

HIS motorcycle, according to MSNBC. CNN says her. :shrug:

[helderheid]

I believe the officer was a female.

[Exilednight]

10. They just announced the officer died.

My heart goes out to his family.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

35. That's terrible news

[Egnever]

11. My heart goes out to this poor womans family.

[NoodleyAppendage]

14. How did that happen? Was she rear-ended by Hillary's car or the other lead car? Or other vehicle?

I want specifics. A person doesn't get thrown 30 feet without a good degree of force.

J

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[helderheid]

28. "the officer had been thrown about 20 yards by the impact after apparently hitting a railing. "

[Independent-Voter]

16. Damn. My condolences to the family

[Marrah_G]

17. So sad- I hate seeing anyone dying young, especially when jst doing their jobs.

[jasmine621]

18. So, so sorry. Condolences to the family.

What a tragedy.

[H2O Man]

19. Very sad.

Tragic news.

[thesubstanceofdreams]

21. Very sad

:cry:

[Bread and Circus]

22. I am really, really sad to hear that.

My prayers to her and her family.

[Debi]

23. That is terrible

I feel for the officer and her family.

[scheming daemons]

24. Why are these motorcades so dangerous????

This is the third time in recent years that such an accident occurred.

[Kaylee]

25. My condolences to the officer's family.....

This is horrible. As the wife of a cop, this really hits home.:(

[wndycty]

26. Sad, what is it with motorcades?

This is the 2nd or 3rd officer to die in one. I think the Secret Service needs to investigate their motorcade policies.

[Quixote1818]

29. An officer died her in Albuquerque, escorting Bush back to the Airport. nt

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

30. Oh Man She Died? Jesus Christ. My Thoughts Go Out To Her Family. So Friggin Sad.

I'm just catching up on this story now. Didn't know we already knew she had died.

[eissa]

31. This is heart breaking

I'm so sorry for the poor officer and her family -- how tragic!

[ericgtr]

32. Sad day

I am certain Hillary would've said something had she known. Thougths are with this persons family. :(

[BeyondGeography]

33. Tragic

[Iktomiwicasa]

34. That's not good

Prayers for the family of the officer.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

36. Very sad.

R.I.P.

[Barack_America]

37. FYI, the article you linked reference "his motorcycle".

But really, what difference does it make? This is just tragic.

[helderheid]

43. I've noticed the conflicting reports but agree with you, it doesn't make a difference.

So sad.

[leeno]

38. crashing her motorcycle - lost control of his motorcycle

why is everybody saying it was a woman?

[helderheid]

39. What difference does it make what gender the officer was?

:shrug:

[rodeodance]

40. Peace to the family---

[Occam Bandage]

41. Oh my God that's sad.

[Vinca]

42. This is so sad. Condolences to her family and fellow officers. nt

[Vinca]

44. Oops - my mistake. It was a he and not a she as I thought I heard.

Very tragic no matter what the gender of the police officer.

[helderheid]

45. Thanks for the clarification. Such a tragedy.