By Douglas Holtz-Eakin
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A Florida Highway Patrol lieutenant didn't have any formal training or know the procedures before he reopened a fog- and smoke-shrouded highway where a series of crashes killed 11 people in January, investigators said in a report released Thursday.
A Florida Highway Patrol lieutenant who ordered the reopening of a fog- and smoke-shrouded interstate highway shortly before a series of crashes killed 11 people was unaware of the agency's procedures and had no formal training in opening and reopening roads, a state report said Thursday.
"I said it will roll in faster than you can shut it down,"
Report: Fla. troopers erred before Jan. crashes that killed 11 →
"I tried to tell them to leave that 'Sum ... buck closed and they wouldn't listen to me," Sgt. Simmons told a sheriff's deputy in a conversation captured on Sgt. Simmons' in-car video equipment.
Report: Fla. troopers erred before Jan. crashes that killed 11 →
