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Two questions:
1.) Why?!?!
2.) Where's the sense in billing the owner for the tow, and not the driver?!?!
Edit:
It's interesting what you come up with when you search for "SUV stuck bridge minneapolis" on Google. There's about as many different stories on this as there are news teams that have covered it! Some say the driver is suspected to have been DUI. Some say the Escalade is worth $68k, some say $70k (rounding up?). Some talk about the towing company that hauled the car out on dollies with an ATV - which they actually have pictures of - but others claim that all the towing companies the police called "said there is no way they could get the SUV off the bridge." and "A crane and a barge will need to be brought in to actually lift the car off the bridge.".
One thing is clarified though I suppose, albeit it's not said directly. The reason the owner is being charged and not the driver, is probably because the driver hasn't been found. The owner lent the Escalade to him a few days ago, and police are still looking for him.
Something I find particularly amusing is one quote from myfoxtwincities.com: "Minneapolis Police Spokesman Reier says the accident will cost thousands of dollars in addition to the damage to the bridge itself.". Honestly, could someone explain to me how you call this an "accident", when according to the same article "The driver of the car would have needed to drive off the road, through a park and onto the bridge to get the SUV in that situation."? Also, most of the write-ups on this make particular mention that the bridge is not a straight one, and that the towing crew had to navigate the car through a turn or two on the bridge - where it kept getting stuck again - to get it out. Seriously, at what point beyond all of this obviously deliberate effort would the police begin to realize that this is not an "accident"?
1.) Why?!?!
2.) Where's the sense in billing the owner for the tow, and not the driver?!?!
Edit:
It's interesting what you come up with when you search for "SUV stuck bridge minneapolis" on Google. There's about as many different stories on this as there are news teams that have covered it! Some say the driver is suspected to have been DUI. Some say the Escalade is worth $68k, some say $70k (rounding up?). Some talk about the towing company that hauled the car out on dollies with an ATV - which they actually have pictures of - but others claim that all the towing companies the police called "said there is no way they could get the SUV off the bridge." and "A crane and a barge will need to be brought in to actually lift the car off the bridge.".
One thing is clarified though I suppose, albeit it's not said directly. The reason the owner is being charged and not the driver, is probably because the driver hasn't been found. The owner lent the Escalade to him a few days ago, and police are still looking for him.
Something I find particularly amusing is one quote from myfoxtwincities.com: "Minneapolis Police Spokesman Reier says the accident will cost thousands of dollars in addition to the damage to the bridge itself.". Honestly, could someone explain to me how you call this an "accident", when according to the same article "The driver of the car would have needed to drive off the road, through a park and onto the bridge to get the SUV in that situation."? Also, most of the write-ups on this make particular mention that the bridge is not a straight one, and that the towing crew had to navigate the car through a turn or two on the bridge - where it kept getting stuck again - to get it out. Seriously, at what point beyond all of this obviously deliberate effort would the police begin to realize that this is not an "accident"?
ford nut
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The driver got drunk by accident 
Mr Wiggl3s
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"THE WOMAN THAT OWNS THE VEHICLE"
Need i say more?
Need i say more?
MERIJONS97LSC
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:shifty: I can see how that happened, The guy went to his local bar riding his moped,
Meet his friend who was driving her Escalade. They both got blasted drunk!
The bar was closing at 3AM. So they left together, Being she was more drunk than he was, He decided to drive, So he figured he would go back the same way he came! But the Escalade was just a little wider than the moped. They got stuck, He couldn't open the doors, So they went through the sun roof. He walked her home,( got lucky) Then went back to the bar and got his moped, drove it to the bridge, Not remembering he got the Escalade stuck, He runs in to the back of it and he and the moped fall in the water. It could of happened to anyone!! No rescue attempt was made for the MOPED!!!
Meet his friend who was driving her Escalade. They both got blasted drunk!
The bar was closing at 3AM. So they left together, Being she was more drunk than he was, He decided to drive, So he figured he would go back the same way he came! But the Escalade was just a little wider than the moped. They got stuck, He couldn't open the doors, So they went through the sun roof. He walked her home,( got lucky) Then went back to the bar and got his moped, drove it to the bridge, Not remembering he got the Escalade stuck, He runs in to the back of it and he and the moped fall in the water. It could of happened to anyone!! No rescue attempt was made for the MOPED!!!