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Gort Crash Video + story

Postby someone1980 on Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:04 pm

If you go to the web site you will be able to click on the link below the video to watch.

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article ... yid=498568

The St. Croix County Sheriff's Office has released video of a Woodbury police officer crashing into a Wisconsin State Patrol cruiser after a high speed chase.

The chase, which originated on Manning Avenue in Woodbury, happened early in the morning of February 9th. It led Officer Jeff Gort into Wisconsin on I-94 where two deputies from the St. Croix County Sheriff's Office and a Wisconsin State Trooper eventually took over. Speeds exceeded 80 miles an hour.

Authorities say they laid down two sets of stop sticks which the suspect managed to avoid. The third set, laid in the eastbound lanes of I-94 about ten miles east of Hudson, worked. The suspect stopped his vehicle in the middle of the road with the Wisconsin authorities stopping on either side.

Authorities say Officer Gort continued to pursue the suspect, and video from his dashboard camera shows he apparently did not realize the suspect and the other officers had stopped. The video shows Gort crashing his squad car into the rear of the State Patrol vehicle, which in turn struck the suspect's car.

Nobody was injured, and police arrested 30-year-old Jared Boucher of Somerset, WI. Boucher is charged with fleeing an officer, and his fourth offense of driving while intoxicated.

Authorities say Boucher had led them on a chase in Hudson earlier that morning after an officer tried to pull him over.

The St. Croix County Sheriff's Office is investigating the crash.
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Re: Gort Crash Video + story

Postby JonL on Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:58 pm

Somebody needs to notify Klatu that Gort needs maintenance. 8-)
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Re: Gort Crash Video + story

Postby ttousi on Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:04 pm

so now we have two meanings for the term "gorted"

1. ND while practicing quick draws (i.e. BANG......."dang I gorted")
2. getting rear ended by a team mate (ii.e. "gee sorry I gorted you..........is it driveable?")


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Re: Gort Crash Video + story

Postby Fast351 on Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:05 pm

Is this the same guy that put a hole through the wall in St. Cloud?
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Re: Gort Crash Video + story

Postby chunkstyle on Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:55 am

Make it stop!

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Re: Gort Crash Video + story

Postby ttousi on Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:36 am

Fast351 wrote:Is this the same guy that put a hole through the wall in St. Cloud?


yup :o unless there are 2 of them :shock:
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Re: Gort Crash Video + story

Postby BRIT_in_the_weeds on Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:28 am

What was the outcome of the St Cloud incident.?..........the follow up didn't make it here.
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Re: Gort Crash Video + story

Postby princewally on Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:00 pm

ttousi wrote:2. getting rear ended by a team mate (ii.e. "gee sorry I gorted you..........is it driveable?")


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Re: Gort Crash Video + story

Postby plblark on Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:19 am

BRIT_in_the_weeds wrote:What was the outcome of the St Cloud incident.?..........the follow up didn't make it here.

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Re: Gort Crash Video + story

Postby farmerj on Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:24 pm

the St Croix sheriff is considering getting dimmers for the new LED flashers as they my have been too bright to prevent Officer Gort from seeing that the cars had stopped.


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