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Rhode Island Poll Interrupted After Car Crashes Firehouse
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Voting in one Rhode Island town got off to a rough start when a person driving to a fire station being used as a polling place struck the building, prompting a brief evacuation.
Westerly Police Chief Edward Mello says the car struck the Dunn's Corner Fire Station at about 7:10 a.m. Tuesday.
Concerned with a possible natural gas leak, authorities evacuated the building and called the gas company.
Mello says voting resumed at 7:45 a.m.
He says no one was hurt and no charges were filed. No information on the driver was immediately released.
Rhode Island voters are going to the polls to pick a new governor, attorney general and general treasurer, and a successor to Patrick Kennedy in Congress. They are also casting ballots on three bond questions.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Westerly Police Chief Edward Mello says the car struck the Dunn's Corner Fire Station at about 7:10 a.m. Tuesday.
Concerned with a possible natural gas leak, authorities evacuated the building and called the gas company.
Mello says voting resumed at 7:45 a.m.
He says no one was hurt and no charges were filed. No information on the driver was immediately released.
Rhode Island voters are going to the polls to pick a new governor, attorney general and general treasurer, and a successor to Patrick Kennedy in Congress. They are also casting ballots on three bond questions.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Permalink Reply by DUST on
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So was this guy a vollie or a Tea Party member? Or a whacker running strobes on his pov so he could get to the polls early?
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Permalink Reply by Brian Dumser on
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So glad we stopped allowing our firehouses to be used as polling places years ago. Very hard to keep them secure, not to mention returning to quarters to find the apron clogged with parked cars!
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Permalink Reply by rob jones on
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@ DUST. maybe he was a paid guy aiming for the vollie station thinking the vollies are taking his job....stop stirring the sh*t pot! I think your just looking for attention sometimes because all you do is bash everything looking for a rise.
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Rob,
Seriously? I don't think I've ever bashed anyone or anything on here. I do try to add humor. Sometimes I fail....
By the way, I am a volunteer firefighter!
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Maybe it was one of those Florida voters from the 2000 election. Maybe he heard they had drive up voting in Rhode Island!
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