Detective saves stranded motorist
January 30th, 2008, 5:46 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Aaron
No really, he did, and the stranded motorist was me.
I’ve been having car problems this week. I thought it was the alternator, the fuel pump, the fuel filter. Now it’s just broken, sitting in my driveway. But this morning, it was broken sitting at the intersection of L Street and West Main Street causing a little traffic backup.
Thankfully, Det. Gary Hart from the Barstow station of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department happened to pull up next to me and noticed my distress. Hart parked behind me to ward off any unsuspecting drivers and then pushed me from the intersection to a nearby parking lot.
When I finally got a set wheels under me and made it to the sheriff’s station to check the logs, I noticed a press release waiting for me:
“On 013008 at about 0900 hrs Det. Hart was traveling on Main St. near L Street when he observed a white male adult stopped in a black 4 door vehicle with the hazard lamps activated. Upon contact with the male subject he claimed that he was with the “press” and could block traffic if he wanted to. It was apparent to Det. Hart that the motorist was simply distraught and embarrassed about the current disabled status of his vehicle and to save self respect opted to state that we was with a newspaper, which was unsuccessful.
Det. Hart calmed the almost hysterical male and had him get back into his vehicle and pushed this car from the roadway into a parking lot a short distance away.
The motorist was not cited for impeding traffic. The identity of the male subject is not being disclosed due to possible embarrassment it may cause his employer and loyal readers.”
That motorist, of course is me.
Thanks Det. Hart for giving me a push there.
Aaron Aupperlee | city editor
