Police: Wrong-way snow plow caused accident

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Wednesday - 3/19/2014, 9:05am  ET



Shortly after being caught on video driving the wrong way down Military Road — a story first reported on ARLnow.com — an Arlington County snow plow driver ran a stop sign and caused a multi-vehicle accident, according to police.

The accident happened at 9:18 a.m. on Monday. The 51-year-old plow driver was heading southbound on S. Monroe Street when he ran a stop sign at 18th Street S. and struck an eastbound Toyota Highlander on the driver’s side rear panel, according to Arlington County Police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck. The Highlander then struck two parked cars.

“There were no reported injuries as a result of the accident,” Sternbeck told ARLnow.com.

The accident happened less than two hours after local filmmaker Jason Berry said he was nearly run off the road by the plow, which was driving the wrong way down hilly, twisting Military Road. At Tuesday’s Arlington County Board meeting, Board Chair Jay Fisette encouraged County Manager Barbara Donnellan to take disciplinary action.

“I think all of us saw that video and thought, ‘oh my God,” Fisette said. “That was horrible. It’s inconceivable to me that there’s a justification for driving a [snow plow] down the wrong side of the road. It was quite amazing to watch the video. We are just fortunate that nothing terrible… came of that particular driving experience.”

Donnellan reported that the driver was working a midnight-to-noon shift and called the incident “unfortunate,” “dangerous” and a “near miss situation.”

“This is completely unacceptable behavior for snow plowing. it is a violation of our Arlington county driver policy and training,” Donnellan said. “As soon as the county learned of the unacceptable behavior we identified the responsible driver and immediately removed him from duty.”

“ The investigation is underway,” Donnellan continued. “We’re taking appropriate action with this employee. A full range of disciplinary actions is always on the table for serious safety violations. Our safety policy strives for zero incidents.”

Donnellan noted that the county also received calls thanking snow removal crews for their tireless work during this snowy winter.

“It’s easy to focus on one driver, on one day, but we also have many, many drivers who are safe, courteous and do great work too,” Donnellan said. “My many thanks goes out to staff who works incredibly hard during these weather events to keep our community safe and to keep our streets, trails and sidewalks clear.”

   

Related Story:
Arlington driver removed from duty for plowing in wrong direction
http://www.wtop.com/139/3584606/Arlington-driver-removed-from-duty-for-plowing-in-wrong-direction

http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/2/1484147.html

Jason,

Is it you? Are you ignorign me, or are you just playing coy LOLZ??? I wrote you - or what I think was also you- already, It was in this thread-
http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/2/1484147/page-2.html


If this is indeed you Jason, please say so. Don't keep a girl guessign!!! (LOLZ)

I'd like to call you up, and we can discuss how NoVA people are a$$holes, accepting you and me. Of course!!

As I already said, I've got a real thign for manly men. Men who know when a naughty girls needs to have a little helping of discipline to be applied. If I've been bad, not that this'd happen (LOLZ), I surely won't call deserved "corrections" assualt, or anything like that. (But remember, you've got to promise to honor my "SAFE WORD" which is ARDINGER. (I cann't forget that word, LOLZ) But I better be sure to deserve the discipline. Or all bets are off!!!

That insane DUMP TRUCK driver was OUT OF CONTROL and a MENACE TOO SOCIETY!!!! I'm for one glad you called the cops on him!!! It's TOO BAD the cops didn't arrest that MANIAC before he ran that stop sign.

In case you have forgotten, I really, really like your cottage. It only needs a wife and kids and a picket fence in that cute front yard to be NIRVANNA (LOLZ). If you're not interested in women, I'll understand. But I really want to join you and your life at 3206 Twenty-Third Street in North Arlington.

So please let me know if it's yoiu. I really want to start chasign me my very own Jason!

XXX+++XXX

Melinda A.

Don'tQuoteMe O. WaitGoAhead Wrote:
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> Google Bait Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Jason Berry - Domestic Assault - Gripped Films
> -
> > Arlington - Chasing Legends - Snow Plow
>
> I'll see your bait, and raise it ten!
>
> Jason Berry - pled guilty to domestic assault -
> jberry@racedots.com - 703-298-3549
>
> Jason Berry - pled guilty to domestic assault -
> http://www.grippedfilms.com
>
> Jason Berry - admitted to domestic assault of
> family member - http://www.grippedracing.com
>
> Jason Berry - admitted to assaulting a family
> member - http://www.racedots.com
>
> Filming adventure sports since 2000, Jason Eric
> Berry pled guilty to "Assault and Battery of a
> Family Member" (ASSAULT & BATTERY-FAM MEMBER),
> Virginia Criminal Code (VCC) 18.2-57.2, on 30 Nov.
> 2010. With a background in advertising and
> marketing and lots of experience riding bicycles,
> Mr. Berry was originally arrested 29 Oct. 2010 for
> misdemeanor assault (ASSAULT: MISDEMEANOR), in
> violation of Virginia Criminal Code (VCC) 18.2-57,
> in response to a complaint reported to Arlington
> County Police Department (ACPD) by EMILY A**E
> MC****LD.
>
> While not assaulting people, or taking vigilante
> steps to ensure the drivers of snowplows can not
> optimally clear little-traveled roadways, Mr.
> Berry also manages Gripped Racing
> (http://www.grippedracing.com), a mountain, road
> and cyclocross racing team. At this time, it is
> not clear whether this team is made up of solely
> of admitted domestic violence abusers, or if only
> Jason Berry admitted to this crime.
>
> After testing various types of fixtures, and
> settling on a design, Mr. Berry turned to
> Indiegogo for startup monies to begin producing
> RaceDots. The Indiegogo community either did not
> know, or did not care that Jason Eric Berry had
> pled guilty to "Assault and Battery of a Family
> Member" (ASSAULT & BATTERY-FAM MEMBER), Virginia
> Criminal Code (VCC) 18.2-57.2, on 30 Nov. 2010. In
> all likelihood, Indiegogo'ers were not aware that
> Mr. Berry had been arrested 29 Oct. 2010 for
> misdemeanor assault (ASSAULT: MISDEMEANOR), in
> violation of Virginia Criminal Code (VCC) 18.2-57,
> in response to a complaint reported to Arlington
> County Police Department (ACPD) by EMILY A**E
> MC****LD.
>
> Jason Berry (jberry@racedots.com, 703-298-3549)
> has a long history of taking matters into his own
> hands:
>
> - 1. “It baffled me that after all the time
> spent training and the money spent on expensive
> racing clothing, we all would reach for safety
> pins and willingly pokes holes in the best gear we
> own,” Mr. Berry said. “Even the pros hate
> safety pins! I knew there had to be a better
> way.” So Mr. Berry decided to develop, market,
> and sell an environmentally unfriendly alternative
> to using safety pins, rare-earth magnets
> (http://nepis.epa.gov/Adobe/PDF/P100EUBC.pdf) ...
> instead of "Save the Planet" the rallying cry of
> bicyclists seems to be "Save the Spandex."
>
> - 2. Either because he believed she deserved it,
> or because he was angry, or because of a temporary
> lapse in sanity, or for some other equally
> unfathomable reason, Mr. Berry committed and was
> arrested for assault and battery of a family
> member on 29 Oct. 2010. While arrested for
> misdemeanor assault (ASSAULT: MISDEMEANOR), in
> violation of Virginia Criminal Code (VCC) 18.2-57,
> Jason Eric Berry pled guilty to "Assault and
> Battery of a Family Member" (ASSAULT & BATTERY-FAM
> MEMBER), Virginia Criminal Code (VCC) 18.2-57.2,
> on 30 Nov. 2010. It is unclear whether he has
> committed any assaults since this incident, but
> because of this violence, he may no longer
> lawfully own a firearm.
>
> - 3. While driving towards the end of a heavy,
> late winter snowstorm (seven to eleven inches of
> snow fell locally in the preceding eight hours)
> Jason Berry decided a snowplow-driver's actions
> were unsafe. After somehow deploying his
> expensive, hand-held video camera, turning around,
> and speeding after the snowplow driver, he
> eventually caught up with the driver. With little
> attention to lane markings and the like, he then
> recorded what he believed to be unsafe actions,
> while providing a commentary intended to incite a
> response. "He could have easily killed somebody.
> There's no excuse for that," Mr. Berry told a
> local media outlet. Here is a link to Jason Eric
> Berry's video
> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcJNt0CQS94).
>
> Jason Eric Berry definitely fits the Arlington
> County ideal. He committed and pled guilty to
> assaulting and battering a female family member.
> Because he rides a bicycle and records other
> bicyclists with videotape
> (http://www.chasinglegends.com) he is a respected
> member of the community. Even more, he is
> well-liked, and catered to, by Arlington County
> staffers ... purportedly including Dave Kirschner,
> from whom he solicited assistance in identifying
> the driver of the snowplow that was effectively
> clearing the traffic lanes of Military Road in
> North Arlington.
>
> Jason Berry - Domestic Assault - Gripped Films -
> Arlington - Chasing Legends - Snow Plow

That man is a hero. He saved lives!!

That man is a hero. He saved liv Wrote:
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> That man is a hero. He saved lives!!


> Jason Berry - Domestic Assault - Gripped Films -
> Arlington - Chasing Legends - Snow Plow

The snowplower was busted for running a stop sign 2 hours after Jason and his antics. It had nothing to do with which side of the road he was on.