Like Governor Corzine, this psychopath belongs in a cage.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/23/BAG70Q06478.DTL
Migden reveals decade-long battle with leukemia
Medical condition may have been factor in accident
Greg Lucas, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
(05-23) 15:27 PDT -- State Sen. Carole Migden, whom the CHP now says may
have been involved in as many as three traffic accidents last Friday,
today revealed publicly for the first time that she has been battling
leukemia for the past decade and that medication she takes may have
caused her to become disoriented while driving.
"My only explanation is that it is medically related in some way,"
Migden, 56, said in an interview with The Chronicle.
"I owe an explanation to the public and myself, and in particular the
person I hurt,'' she said, referring to the driver of a Honda sedan that
was slightly injured in a rear-end collision. "I don't have a
recollection of what happened. I can only conclude I had a medical event
I can't explain. It's not an excuse; it may be an explanation."
Migden, who provided records of her medical history during an interview
at her apartment in San Francisco, said she was diagnosed with leukemia
in 1997 and given a life expectancy of three to five years by her
doctors at UCSF.
Migden rear-ended a motorist near Fairfield on Friday, slightly injuring
the driver of a Honda sedan and shaking up the driver's daughter, who
was secured in a child safety seat. Migden, who was driving her state
leased Toyota SUV collided with the car as it was slowing to stop at the
intersection of Highway 12 and Beck Avenue.
Migden told CHP officers that she had gotten lost while driving to Marin
County for a noon meeting when the accident occurred. Migden's office
released a statement that day saying her cell phone rang and in reaching
for the phone she took her eyes off the road.
After reviewing 911 tapes from motorists reporting an erratic driver in
the area Friday, the CHP this week said it is investigating whether
Migden was involved in two other accidents.
One motorist reported that he saw the San Francisco Democrat driving
erratically and strike a guardrail on Highway 80 near the Highway 37
exit in Vallejo on Friday. The CHP says it has another report of Migden
possibly striking the center divide near Emeryville.
CHP Officer Marvin Williford said the CHP had "five or six credible
witnesses" who saw Migden's accidents and called 911. Adrian Romo, a
witness to the rear-ender, told KTVU News that Migden screamed to the
driver of the vehicle she hit that she was a senator.
"I said, 'Fine, let's just see if this is OK,' " Romo told the
television station. "She didn't seem all there." Another witness said he
saw who he now believes was Migden traveling east on Highway 80 at least
80 mph, reading and talking on the phone while driving.
Migden was given a breathalyzer test after the accident and passed.
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