Posted On:
June 11, 2009
Former Missouri Governor And Tort Reform Advocat Hits Scooter Driver with SUV
Former Republican Missouri Governor Matt Blunt, who made denying elderly citizens their right to obtain justice when they are abused or neglected by the nursing home industry a focal point of his 2004 campaign, collided with a scooter driver while driving his SUV on Monday, June 8, 2009. Blunt's Ford Explorer hit a 21 year old man driving a scooter at the intersection of Kickapoo Avenue and Cherry Street in Springfield, Missouri. David Catanese, the scooter operator, is the son of Kellie Rohrbaugh, who works for the Missouri Democrats. Catanese was taken to a local hospital with scrapes on his forearm and a bruise on his head.
Blunt was issued a summons for failing to yield the right of way.
