California: In an apparent case of hit-and-run case, U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson undergoes investigation for possible felony in southern California, CNN reports Monday.
Bryson was issued a citation at an area hospital after sustaining minor injuries in the accidents, Lt. Ariel Duran of the San Gabriel Police Department the channel.
With blood alcohol test results in pending, Medical authorities say that initial alcohol report Bryson emerged as negative.
But yet the law and order high-ups confuse over whether to file any charges or not.
“The investigation is in its preliminary stages. At this point in time, there is no indication that alcohol or drugs played a role in the collisions,” police said in a statement Sunday.
“Bryson was involved in an accident, but was uninjured,” confirms a spokeswoman of the commerce department and added he has been released from the hospital.
Bryson, who was driving a Lexus, rear-ended a Buick occupied by three men that was stopped at a railroad crossing in San Gabriel, the police statement said Sunday.
“Bryson spoke with the males, then left the scene, hitting the same car again as he left,” the statement said.
The men in the Buick followed Bryson while calling 911 to report the accident, it said.
John E. Bryson is the 37th Secretary of Commerce. The Senate confirmed him by a 74–26 vote on October 20, 2011.
He was sworn in on October 21, 2011. He is also the former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison.
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