Drug Suspect Crashes Redstone Arsenal Gate, Kills Space Center Employee in Crash

by PEP | June 3, 2008 at 08:29 am | 117 views | add comment | 0 recommendations

This is a tragic story that leaves many questions--how did a woman fleeing a drug investigation manage to crash the gates at the high-security Redstone Arsenal in Alabama? Her high-speed flight wound up killing a Marshall Space Flight Center employee.

Redstone Arsenal military officers will investigate how avehicle breached Gate 1 Friday during a high-speed chasewith the Huntsville Police Department, and, althoughunrelated to the fatal chase, several gates will receivesecurity improvements over the next month, the post'ssenior commander said Monday.

Maj. Gen. Jim Myles, Army Aviation and Missile Commandcommanding general, said an internal investigation would beconducted to find out how much warning gate guards weregiven during the lunch-time chase that ultimately crossedmost of the arsenal and ended in a crash that killed oneMarshall Space Flight Center worker and injured five otherarsenal employees.

Uploaded by PEP | June 3, 2008 at 08:29 am | 117 views | add comment