Robert Novak Hits Pedestrian With His Black Corvette, Cited By DC Police

Politico's Jonathan Harris and Chris Frates report that Robert Novak was cited by DC police Wednesday morning after hitting a pedestrian with his black Corvette:

Syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak was cited by police after he hit a pedestrian with his black Corvette in downtown Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning.

A Politico reporter saw Novak in the front of a police car with a citation in his hand; a WJLA-TV crew and reporter saw Novak as well. The pedestrian, a 66-year-old male, was hospitalized at George Washington University Hospital with minor injuries, according to DC Fire and EMS. Novak was later released by police and drove away from the scene.

"I didn't know I hit him. I feel terrible," a shaken Novak told reporters from Politico and WJLA as he was returning to his car. "He's not dead, that's the main thing." Novak said he was a block away from 18th and K streets Northwest, where the accident happened, when a bicyclist stopped him and said, "You hit someone." He said he was cited for failing to yield the right of way.

The bicyclist was David Bono, a partner at Harkins Cunningham, who was on his usual bike commute to work at 1700 K St. N.W. when he saw the accident happen.

As he traveled east on K Street, crossing 18th, Bono said a "black Corvette convertible with top closed plowed into the guy. The guy is sort of splayed onto the windshield."

Watch a local DC news report on the Novak pedestrian accident:

In an exclusive interview with TMZ, Novak admitted that he was at fault but blamed NPR for distracting him while driving:

Novak tells us he was listening to NPR in his Corvette when suddenly, "Some guy came up and hit my car with his fist. I figured I had done something that had created road rage, but I didn't know what it was. Then a bicyclist blocked the road in front of me. I asked what the problem was. He said, 'You can't just hit people and run away!'"

Novak says the cops came, put him "briefly" in the back of the police car and asked about what he heard at the time of impact. Novak told them and us that he didn't hear or feel anything. They asked if he had been drinking or on a cellphone. He answered "no" to both.

Novak, who was citied for failing to yield, says he won't fight the ticket, adding, "I assume witnesses are telling the truth."

Comments

[DarkWitch]

This guy has some serious dirt on someone.

[mabinog]

He did not know he hit the guy? He drives a 50k Corvette in DC, Novak is aware of every damn rock, every pot hole and bird dropping that comes in contact with his car. Sheesh.

[Shammie2000]

The fact the we american's can even debate any thing this guy says (god help us) tells you the state of our union (and it's not well) folks.

[contrariandy]

Novak is now saying that Richard Armitage was driving.

[WomanInOrangeSweater]

Hilarious. Thanks for the laugh.

[the964kid]

I hope the guy he hit sues the hell out of him.

[wdw101]

how many points did he get?

[HatingTheGame]

So what if he hit a guy, its not like something serious! Like he didn't out a CIA agent and risk national security or anything...

What? He did? Oh. Well, then he should be in JAIL!

"Novak tells us he was listening to NPR in his Corvette"

Right, let's insinuate, and blame the (not so) liberal radio station for his screw up.

Classic.

[JeanPaulSatire]

Well, OF COURSE he was listening to NPR! One has to know the truth before one can distort it.

[TheEmptinessOfTruthiness]

Next thing he and Miller will call for a new law making it illegal to listen to NPR while driving.

[Sloppyseconds]

What do you expect from someone who practices hit and run journalism?

[bennofs]

Karma works in mysterious ways...huh.

[ignrnthllblly]

While I often step to the podium to represent Mr. Devil, it ain't THIS devil--so I really dislike having to appear to advocate for Novak. However, I must beseech the editor to either produce his or her occult evidence that Novak was "taken into custody" since it appears neither in the body type of this post, nor in any other account of this incident that I have read.

It appears to me that perhaps Novak SHOULD have been taken into custody, but I can find no evidence to corroborate your assertion that he was. And let's not equivocate: cooling your heels in the back seat of a cruiser while a cop berates you and then writes you a ticket does not qualify.

Journalistic responsibility, please?

[ebwada]

Actually, if you're sitting in a cop car you are most definitely in custody.

[wdw101]

only if the door is closed......

[pattio66]

Are you kidding me? He should have been breathalyzed at least, if not arrested for hit-and-run.

[midknightryder13]

Can't you just see a "Law & Order" episode being based on this incident?

Of course, for it to work THERE, the H&R victim would have to be KILLED -- or, better still, die LATER as a result of his injuries. (After the well-known driver was let go by the rookie officer.)

Then we find out that the victim (who never regains consciousness) was actually KNOWN by the driver, but not vice versa. And so on.

Now, MY only question is -- should this be on the parent show or maybe as Jeff Goldblum's debut on L&O:CI?

[MsLiz]

It must have been too early in the day for Rush.

[zendem1]

Novak driving a black corvette is really creepy in a strange, p erverted, "extension" kind of way.

[DonDavis]

The Real Story of Robert Novak's Accident: Made a 'Right Turn' ON a 'Red'
http://satiricalpolitical.com/?p=2206