Ex-detective dies in a motorcycle crash
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Ex-detective dies in a motorcycle crash
Couple had high blood alcohol levels before fatal crash, tests show
Ex-detective, driving motorcycle, was at three times the legal limit
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A retired Austin police detective and his wife, a commander, had blood alcohol levels far above the legal limit to drive before they died in a motorcycle crash Saturday, according to preliminary toxicology results by the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office.
Kurt Jacobson, who retired from the Austin Police Department as a detective in 2002, was driving his Harley-Davidson with a blood alcohol level of 0.24 — three times the state limit of 0.08 — said Medical Examiner Roberto Bayardo. Cmdr. Shauna Jacobson had a blood alcohol level of 0.33, or more than four times the legal limit, Bayardo said.
Bayardo said the test showed no trace of drugs. He said he doesn't expect the blood alcohol results to be different when the final report is finished. His office said final toxicology results typically take 21 days to complete.
The Jacobsons had been participating in a charity ride with dozens of other officers to benefit a police victims assistance counselor who had multiple sclerosis. The last stop on the charity ride was at Cedars Bar and Grill on Texas 71 in Spicewood.
Kurt Jacobson drove his motorcycle into the crowded restaurant and spun his rear wheel until it created enough smoke to clear out the restaurant, said owner Bobby Joe Bailey.
Two hours later, the couple was dead after their motorcycle crashed into a guardrail less than a mile east of the restaurant, which is near Bee Creek in western Travis County.
A Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman said earlier this week that the Jacobsons were not wearing helmets and that speed was a factor in the crash.
The Austin Police Department plans to launch an internal inquiry next week to find out whether other officers witnessed the incident and if so, how they reacted.
The Austin Police Department declined to comment Wednesday.
"I don't think we're going to do that today," spokesman Kevin Buchman said. "We're going to bury our officers first."
Funeral services are set for Thursday.
Ex-detective, driving motorcycle, was at three times the legal limit
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
A retired Austin police detective and his wife, a commander, had blood alcohol levels far above the legal limit to drive before they died in a motorcycle crash Saturday, according to preliminary toxicology results by the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office.
Kurt Jacobson, who retired from the Austin Police Department as a detective in 2002, was driving his Harley-Davidson with a blood alcohol level of 0.24 — three times the state limit of 0.08 — said Medical Examiner Roberto Bayardo. Cmdr. Shauna Jacobson had a blood alcohol level of 0.33, or more than four times the legal limit, Bayardo said.
Bayardo said the test showed no trace of drugs. He said he doesn't expect the blood alcohol results to be different when the final report is finished. His office said final toxicology results typically take 21 days to complete.
The Jacobsons had been participating in a charity ride with dozens of other officers to benefit a police victims assistance counselor who had multiple sclerosis. The last stop on the charity ride was at Cedars Bar and Grill on Texas 71 in Spicewood.
Kurt Jacobson drove his motorcycle into the crowded restaurant and spun his rear wheel until it created enough smoke to clear out the restaurant, said owner Bobby Joe Bailey.
Two hours later, the couple was dead after their motorcycle crashed into a guardrail less than a mile east of the restaurant, which is near Bee Creek in western Travis County.
A Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman said earlier this week that the Jacobsons were not wearing helmets and that speed was a factor in the crash.
The Austin Police Department plans to launch an internal inquiry next week to find out whether other officers witnessed the incident and if so, how they reacted.
The Austin Police Department declined to comment Wednesday.
"I don't think we're going to do that today," spokesman Kevin Buchman said. "We're going to bury our officers first."
Funeral services are set for Thursday.
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