ER Doc Arrested in Road Rage - Caused 2 Cyclists to Crash
- From: "Bo Raxo" <crimenewscenter@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:57:18 -0700
An effing doctor! This guy needs to lose his license to practice
Bo Raxo
http://www.kfi640.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=&article=3923495
An emergency room physician faces felony assault with a deadly weapon
charges after he allegedly - intentionally - caused a collision with two
bicyclists in Mandeville Canyon in Pacific Palisades July 4.
Dr. Christopher Thompson, 58, posted $30,000 bail shortly after his arrest
at the scene of the crash and is due in court next month, according to
booking records.
"It had to be road rage," said trainer Ron Peterson, who said he and a
friend, Christian Stoehr, were cycling down the canyon when a red Infinity
sped past them and the driver yelled something.
"He barely missed me."
Then, Peterson said the driver pulled in front of them, slammed on his
brakes, and with no time to stop, he and Stoehr hit the car at almost 30
miles per hour.
"My bike hit the trunk of his car, and that launched me almost through the
back window," Peterson said. Bits of glass had to be removed from his face,
and he required dozens of stitches to reattached his nose and close a
bleeding wound on his chin.
"This person, who apparently is an E.R. doctor got out of his car, [but] as
far as I remember didn't offer me any medical assistance," Peterson said in
a telephone interview Monday.
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