Santa Monica, CA-Pacific Coast Highway is an incredibly
scenic stretch of highway next to the ocean.
June 8th was a particularly nice morning for the somewhat troubled young actress Lindsay Lohan. Lohan was either a passenger in or driving a black Porsche Northbound in the 1100 block on her way to portray the late and great Elizabeth Taylor in a biopic film.
Something unexpected happened. There was a collision between a large dump truck driven by an African-American male and Lohan’s black Porsche.
June 8th was a particularly nice morning for the somewhat troubled young actress Lindsay Lohan. Lohan was either a passenger in or driving a black Porsche Northbound in the 1100 block on her way to portray the late and great Elizabeth Taylor in a biopic film.
Something unexpected happened. There was a collision between a large dump truck driven by an African-American male and Lohan’s black Porsche.
Lohan and a male occupant of the Porsche were injured. They were being followed by a SUV that
stopped and rendered aid to the injured.
Aid was rendered and the insurance information was exchanged. Once that happens no driver is required to
remain at the scene for any reason including talking to police or proving
themselves sober.
Santa Monica Police responded to a call by the truck driver. Police checked all three occupants of both
vehicles for impairment and found them all to be alert and sober.
As what routinely happens with vehicle accidents some
drivers claim the responsibility was on the other driver.
Was this a simple case of an inattentive Porsche operator
driving too fast and being unable to stop in time to avoid a collision with the
rear of the truck? Was it a case of the
truck cut recklessly in front the Porsche causing the collision?
Photos of the Lohan Porsche seem to support the cutting off
theory since the damage is not from the kind of impact expected when making
direct impact with another vehicle from behind.
A young woman interviewed the truck driver on video and apparently sold
her recording to TMZ. In that interview
the driver claimed that Lohan tried to flee the scene by entering the SUV that
was following her. He also claimed she
was trying to hide a pink bag. To the contrary the evidence clearly shows nobody attempted to flea anywhere.
Both occupants of the Lohan Porsche were injured and
required medical care. That is more
important than talking or arguing with the other driver. The truck driver’s claim that Lohan was
hiding a pink bag is beyond meaningless since if the bag existed nobody knows
what may have been inside of it. The truck
driver went on to claim that Lohan’s people at the scene offered him money not
to blab about the accident. Did the truck driver attempt to extort money from Lohan and get rebuffed? I ask, who really
cares about that?
The best part of this story is that Lohan and the other
Porsche occupant have not been confirmed as the driver! Police have yet to determine who actually was
driving the Porsche!
So the Santa Monica Police Department have put out a press
release asking for witnesses to come forward so they can determine what
happened and most importantly who was driving the Lohan Porsche.
Let’s review this for a second. There is an accident with property damage and
minor injuries. Both vehicles are
presumably insured and the injured in the Porsche don’t want to make
claims. This is only about a minor
traffic accident and who may or may deserve a simple citation. Does this deserve such a police dragnet? Are they desperately looking for witnesses
because it involved Lindsay Lohan?
Let’s say arguably that the truck driver was without
blame. He has not suggested that he was
injured and the damages, if any involve the truck he was driving presumably
owned by his employer. Insurance
information was exchanged for the vehicles and the insurers will deal with the
property damage in a non-criminal setting.
Lohan never missed a beat, once she was patched up at the
UCLA hospital facility in Santa Monica she reported to the set of her film.
As a long time cop and PI, I found that it’s rare that you
cannot assign blame to the cause of an accident. Most often the drivers can’t wait to tell
their sides of the story to police. This appears to be one of the rare ones where police don't know who was driving.
In this investigation the cops can simply suspend the blame
due to a lack of evidence. Lohan and her
fellow Porsche occupants have an absolute right not to talk to police or
anyone. If before the Statute of
Limitations expires they get enough evidence they can mail their summons to the
driver who was determined to be at fault.
What we all must understand here is, that police have not
been able to clear the truck driver or the Porsche occupants of being
responsible for the accident.
Had this involved anyone other than Lindsay Lohan would
anyone have cared?
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