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Article Last Updated: Friday, May 12, 2006 - 7:09:01 PM MST
http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/Stories/0,1413,164~8315~3309916,00.html#
Ambulance driver in fatality crash has bad driving record
By John Mangalonzo
Sterling Journal-Advocate
DENVER -- The driver of the ambulance involved in the deadly accident
Tuesday along Interstate 76 near Atwood has numerous driving
violations,
court records showed.
Court records revealed in September 2005, 22-year-old Christopher M.
Larusso of Westminster was found guilty of not wearing a seat belt in
Denver. In July 2005, Larusso pleaded guilty in an Adams County Court
to
speeding 20 to 24 mph over the posted limit and driving too fast for
road conditions.
In April 2003, Larusso's speeding 10 to 14 mph charge in Denver was
dismissed but he pleaded guilty to operating an unsafe vehicle.
In July 2003, he again pleaded guilty to operating an unsafe vehicle
after a following too closely citation was dismissed.
Rural/Metro recruiter Thilene Mitchell said they initially get a 5-year
driving record on new applicants. "They need to have a fairly clean
driving record," Mitchell said.
Existing drivers are required to undergo a yearly driver check to see
if
they meet the company's insurance standards.
.......
Repeated phone calls to the ambulance company to get comment on their
driver requirements and testing as well as Larusso's employment --
whether his driving violations were taken into consideration -- were
never returned as of noon today.
