Member of Mayor's security detail in car accident
Get inside the halls of Philadelphia power with PhillyClout: Inside City Hall, the blog by the Philadelphia Daily News' city hall reporters.
Member of Mayor's security detail in car accident
A police officer assigned to the mayor’s security detail was in a car accident this morning on Martin Luther King Drive.
According to a statement from the mayor's press office, the accident happened at about 7:30 a.m., as the officer -- whose name has not been released -- was on route to collect Nutter at home. The city vehicle he was driving was struck by a civilian car.
NBC 10 reports that the officer was transported to the hospital with cuts and bruises. He is listed in stable condition. The driver of the other car was also sent to the hospital with minor injuries, according to the city.
Fox 29 reports that the accident near Montgomery Drive and MLK Drive, shut down traffic for about an hour for an investigation.
Could there be any less details? The reporting around here gets worse and worse each day. First day of college they teach you Who, What, When, Where, How and Why, put that to use Inky writers.— Taxpaying Voter- Yea, but we are dealing with The Mayor's office and police in an accident. They have to cover-up and massage the facts and the details about what actually happened first. Then once they have concocted them, they will release the "truth" abouts what happened.
— DarnelX - I wish someone would come pick me up at 7:30 in the morning. The Mayor must not make it to work until 9 or so.— 420-24-7
- Nutter will have to borrow Lance Armstrong's bike to get to work.— Aces high
- Are we certain he wasn't coming from just dropping Hizzoner off at home after a night out at the all-night bowling alley?— Wilhelm Von Humboldt
Do they pick up the blonde bimbo's too?— The Monk- The police will investigate the accident. I imagine the other driver will receive 20 years to life. Bye the bye, I thought Nutter was going to travel in his POV SUV without using a city car. Now, his city owned vehicle makes two rounds trips to his house, one to the secrurity man's and one to the driver's house. Couldn't they all meet at a dinner somewhere and then car pool?— harbc
- And whos working for who here?? lol your tax dollars at work— noncents
Follow Chris on Twitter
David Gambacorta spent a small eternity writing about cops, drug dealers and serial killers. Now he’s writing about power and politics – which sometimes reminds him of the old crime beat. He joined the Daily News in 2005. And yes, he knows you’re not quite sure how to pronounce his last name. E-mail tips to gambacd@phillynews.com
Follow Dave on Twitter.
Jan Ransom, a native New Yorker, joined the Daily News in 2010 after graduating from Howard University. She has since written about the difficulty of filing police complaints, tax deadbeats and life after violent home invasions. She joined the Daily News City Hall Bureau in 2011 and has plunged headfirst into reporting on administration budget battles and City Council shenanigans. E-mail tips to ransomj@phillynews.com
Follow Jan on Twitter
Sean Collins Walsh is from Bucks County and went to Northwestern University. He joined the Daily News copy desk in 2012 and now covers the Nutter administration. Before that, he interned at papers including The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News and The Seattle Times. E-mail tips to walshSE@phillynews.com
Follow Sean on Twitter
