SafeClear's rigorous screening process fails to catch four DUI's
Did you hear about that couple killed by a wrecker driver last week as they left a Bible study? Turns out the wrecker driver was a SafeClear driver with four previous DUI convictions. Oh, and he was going 90 mph when he hit the couple. KHOU-11 dug up the details:
Sergio Gonzalez has a criminal record that includes several DUI convictions.
Investigators believe Gonzalez' tow truck was going 90 miles an hour when it slammed into the car carrying Leon and Maurine Roberson.
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11 News went to the company that owns the wrecker Gonzales was driving but couldn't get past an iron gate.
State records show Autos R Us' license will not expire until next summer and that the company is allowed to operate more than 100 wreckers.
It is also part of the City of Houston's Safe Clear program.
Ken Ulmer with the Safe Clear Management Group told 11 News by phone: "Drivers are screened. They go through a rigorous process for Safe Clear identification -- much mroe [sic] stringent than any other identification process, than any other city license than I'm aware of."
How rigorous can the screening process be if the screener missed four DUI convictions?
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 10/22/06 06:50 PM | Houston Miscellany | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (14)
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