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SAD STORY

· Monday, August 18, 2003 · 5 comments

Donald Sensing passes on a tragic report:

A freshman Republican Congressman from South Dakota who had served four terms as the state’s governor drove his car into a motorcycle Saturday, leaving the cyclist dead.

Police said Rep. Bill Janklow, 63, ran an intersection in his cadillac and struck Randolph E. Scott, 53, who was not wearing a helmet. Scott died from massive trauma.

The police investigation is incomplete. No charges have yet been filed.

Wear a helmet, boys and girls. And watch out for careless Congressmen.

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Comments

  1. John Lemon says:
    Monday, 18 August 2003 at 20:15

    He must be the ONLY Congressman from S. Dakota, right?

  2. James Joyner says:
    Monday, 18 August 2003 at 20:17

    Yeah, I would think.

  3. James Joyner says:
    Monday, 18 August 2003 at 20:19

    Confirmed: http://clerk.house.gov/members/index.php

  4. Stephen Green says:
    Monday, 18 August 2003 at 23:55

    I hate to be crass after reading a story like this, but let’s remember that no man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while a legislator is at the wheel.

  5. James Joyner says:
    Tuesday, 19 August 2003 at 08:43

    Sad, but true.

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