ASHEVILLE - Below is the incident report of Buncombe County's Deputy DA Rodney Hasty's accident on Hwy 19. Stompers viewers listening to our on line scanner tipped us off of the incident Friday evening.
The report say's that on 1/9/09 at 6:15 PM, Hasty ran off Hwy 19 striking the guardrail. He then left the scene, continued North on Hwy 19 but stopped due to damage.
Our continuing investigation started on the 6th floor of the Buncombe County Court house in the Criminal Records Division. We were told they had not received the arrests report from the magistrates office. We then went to the magistrates office and they would not give us a copy.
They told us they sent it to criminal records.
The NC Highway Patrol gave us a copy of the incident report and we spoke with NCHP Supervisor Fairchild. Fairchild said that officer Lancaster a (specialty officer in drug detection) was called in to make an assessment of Hasty. Officer MG Johnson filed the report and charged Hasty with a DWI. Fairchild could not comment any further due to it was still an ongoing investigation.
Cummings Wrecker Service impounded Hasty's car but the operator "rudely" insisted and did not allow us to take a picture of the grayish blue 2006 Saab Hasty was driving. This operator would not give us his name but said "I know what's getting ready to come down" referring to Hasty.
The Saab's right front fender was damaged and the left front wheel was on its rim (no tire).
We tried to contact the witness listed on the incident report but he could not be reached.
According to criminal records Hasty had no priors.
Stompers is hearing a lot of rumors of where Hasty was coming from and what drugs he may have been taking but we are only going to print what we know as facts.
Ashvegas also has some interesting findings.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY DEPUTY DA RODNEY HASTY DWI INCIDENT REPORT
