Robert Novak Cited for Hitting Pedestrian

[RamboLiberal]

On edit the story:

Syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak was cited by police after he hit a pedestrian with his black Corvette in downtown Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning.

A Politico reporter saw Novak in the front of a police car with a citation in his hand; a WJLA-TV crew and reporter saw Novak as well. The pedestrian was hospitalized but there were no details about the person’s condition. Novak was later released and left the scene.

“I didn’t know I hit him,” Novak told Politico. Novak said he was a block away when a bicyclist stopped him and said, "You hit someone." He said he was cited for failing to yield the right of way.

D.C. police confirmed that there was an accident at 18th and K streets N.W. at approximately 10 a.m. involving a black Corvette convertible and that the driver was a white male.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11985.html

WJLA has story:

Prominent Washington commentator Robert Novak was cited with failure to yield to a pedestrian Wednesday morning after striking a pedestrian with his Corvette, Novak confirmed to ABC 7 News.

The collision happened about 10:07 a.m. at 18th and K streets NW.

Novak was not arrested. He spoke to ABC 7 News at the scene. Novak said he did not know he had struck anyone.

Metropolitan Police Department (web|news) officers detained Novak at the scene for about an hour.

D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Alan Etter said the pedestrian complained of pain in his arm was taken to George Washington University Hospital with minor injuries.

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0708/537957.html

[lpbk2713]

1. Any bets on DUI?

Looks like a sure bet to me.

[havocmom]

5. even if he wasn't imbibing, it would still be a DWP

Driving While Pompous

[Phred42]

22. DUI in the AM?

Cool!

[Virginia Dare]

2. Not the first time this asshole has done shit like that..

he's been implicated in instances of road rage around D.C. I hope the story is true, and I hope he rots in jail. Sympathy goes out to his victim I hope they're okay.

[lame54]

13. Jail? - he got a ticket...

you or I would have been hauled away

[Virginia Dare]

15. Then I hope the victim sues his ASS off...n/t

[lame54]

17. ...

:toast: :beer:

[Virginia Dare]

20. White male at 18th & K...

chances are, the guy he hit is a lawyer...even better!...:popcorn:

[babylonsister]

3. Rec'd for more eyes; this is gross. He didn't know? I call b.s.

I recently finished the book 'Reservation Road' which is all about a hit and run. He's lucky he didn't kill someone.

[SpiralHawk]

4. typical republicon

Dodging responsibility...

[w4rma]

6. injured but not seriously. (nt)

[Dinger]

7. DUI, Gotta Be

Hope this makes the headlines! And he has to actually have CONSEQUENCES!

[Virginia Dare]

16. Nope, the guy is just an asshole 24/7...

he cares about nothing and noone but himself. Get the fuck out of his way, or he'll run you over. That's pretty much his attitude.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

25. TYPICAL REPUBLICAN

[GCP]

8. Nothing on google or CNN so far

This would be so sweet if true - except for the pedestrian that is.

[Phred42]

9. SWEEEEEEET!

Sorry for the victim though

[Vickers]

10. “I didn’t know I hit him"

:wtf:

How fucking old is that douchebag?

[GCP]

11. Just read this shit

Novak, 77, has earned a reputation around the capital as an aggressive driver, easily identified in his convertible sports car.

In 2001, the longtime political columnist cursed at a pedestrian on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 13th Street N.W., for allegedly jaywalking.

“’Learn to read the signs, !’ Novak snapped before speeding away,” according to an item in The Washington Post’s Reliable Source column.

Novak explained to the paper: "He was crossing on the red light. I really hate jaywalkers. I despise them. Since I don't run the country, all I can do is yell at 'em. The other option is to run 'em over, but as a compassionate conservative, I would never do that."

[NightWatcher]

12. shocked to hear that he drives a 'vette. He obviously has "potency issues"

[RaleighNCDUer]

14. "I didn't know I hit him."

Translation:

"I didn't think there were any witnesses."

[The Backlash Cometh]

18. Sounds like a metaphor for his life.

He probably really didn't see the pedestrian. Tuned him out like he tunes out all the other human consequences to his tunnel vision ideas.

[libnnc]

19. didn't he run over someone's foot in DC a while back?

Or was that someone else?

[dancingme]

21. was he driving a golf cart with McCain?

[johnlal]

23. Have you noticed more bike injury accidents...

since gasoline prices went up. I know at least two of them hit the news here, one of them fatal. I witnessed one accident, and I know a guy that was hit. I think with gas prices the way they are, we're going to see more pedestrians and cyclists injured.
Keep an eye out for them and share the road!

[JohnnyRingo]

24. Novak in a Corvette?

That's the last car I'd picture him in.
Maybe a Cadillac Escalade, or a Hyundai, or even better, a 1917 Maxwell like Mr. Magoo drove, but a Corvette seems too sporty for the old crackpot.

It probably belongs to whoever's bread he's buttering this week.

[napi21]

26. This is now being reported on KPOJ radio too! Said Novak was in

police custody this morning for a hit & run accident. A bicyclist stopped him and said "Hey, you just HIT SOMEONE!"

[unblock]

27. it sounds as if he side-swiped the pedestrian

if the guy was only complaining of pain in his arm, that would be consistent with taking a turn too tightly and clipping a pedestrian. a head-on hit would mean more complaints by the pedestrian. it would make novak's claim to not be aware he hit anyone more plausible, though perhaps even more disturbing.

[lpbk2713]

28. Here's the perfect bumper sticker for Novak's Corvette .....

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[mmonk]

29. Was the victim NOC with the CIA?

[YOY]

30. There has got to be a way "Novakula" can be written into this song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1MQW5e6KcE