On Wed, 04 May 2005 10:45:02 -0700, K Smythe > wrote:

>http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/issue...dougherty.html
>
><snip>
>
>He scoped out a parking space and made his final approach.
>
>But then, something inexplicable happened.
>
>Instead of stopping, Arpaio's vehicle sped across the parking lot,
>careened over a curb, crashed across a large boulder and finally came
>to a stop on a sidewalk.
>
>There were two flat tires, the front wheels were damaged, the radiator
>was leaking, the front bumper was crumpled, the air conditioner was
>mangled, the front suspension destroyed and the rear driver side
>quarter panel was dented.
>
>Arpaio's car had smashed into the curb and boulder with such force
>that the drive shaft snapped.
>
>The sheriff was lucky he hit the big rock. If Arpaio's car had
>traveled a few more feet, it would have ended up on busy East
>Palisades Boulevard.

He certainly fits in with the rest of the doddering old snowbird
drivers in Arizona...