[nagdu] Blind Reverend And Guide Dog Victim Of Hit-Run

[Sean Robertson]

O know I'm so sorry to here this.
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From: "Ginger Kutsch" <GingerKutsch at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 12:40 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Blind Reverend And Guide Dog Victim Of Hit-Run


> Blind Reverend And Guide Dog Victim Of Hit-Run
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> Sweet Jesus. Down in East Palo Alto, Albert Macklin, a Reverend of the New
> Sweet Home Church of God in Christ who also happens to be blind, was hit
> while crossing the street at around 8 PM. Also hit? His helpful guide dog.
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> The suspect, who got out of her car to see if he was okay, saw that 
> Macklin
> couldn't see and, well, decided to bolt. KTVU has more:
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> The driver had backed into him while he was still in the middle of the
> intersection, hitting his left side, and pinning Eaton under the trunk of
> the vehicle.
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> Afterward, police said the driver stopped and asked the minister if he was
> OK and said she was going to move her car, but drove away from the scene
> instead.
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> "I was waiting for her maybe thinking she would come toward me, maybe 
> check
> me out and see if I was ok. But after she got in the car to move the car,
> she didn't come back at all," said Macklin.
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> Although police are going door-to-door to find the woman (description of
> neither the suspect nor her vehicle are available), the Reverend just 
> wants
> an apology. "It's a simple courtesy -- the simple fact that you hit
> somebody," he goes on to tell KTVU. "I didn't have to be blind, but the
> simple fact that you hit somebody and you didn't stop to take care of the
> matter as it should have been handled."
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> Adding insult to injury, the police took their sweet time writing a report
> on the incident. Mercury News reports: "Macklin said he called the police
> and they declined to write up a report Monday night because there were no
> witnesses. He only got a response after calling Chief Ron Davis the next
> morning ... Davis confirmed that a report was not written until Tuesday, 
> but
> said he was waiting for the officers involved to start their evening shift
> to determine why not."
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> Both the man of God and his dog didn't suffer any life-threatening 
> injuries.
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> Video at:
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> http://sfist.com/2013/09/18/blind_reverend_and_guide_dog_victim.php
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