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

[NCGigi]

There is something so sad about Novak in a black Corvette. So, so, sad.

[kellygrrrl]

MA Crisis?

[Sctt859]

wow this couldnt have happened to a worse guy. This guy has had such a bad week,

1, HE finds mccain has used him all along
2. He his some one with his car.

[marignymitch]

No. No. No. No. 2. A bicylist got in the way of his car.

[ramal]

Novak is someone who believes and has proved several times already that he is above the law. A black Corvette??? That statement in itself bespeaks volumes about the man.

[GeoLee]

What was the old saying of the 70'? Men who have nothing else up front buy Corvettes?

[QuestionAuthorityDammit]

Novak should be prosecuted for hit and run.

And how come he gets to sit in the front of the
patrol car? Special treatment by the cops!

[DrTerwilliker]

Mr Novak's naturally come to adopt the attitudes of his masters after all these long years -
Average (non-megam­illionaire­) Americans - Losers and in the way.

[MadOzbo]

Read MORE juicy details at Politico..­..

Like how Novak HAS A REPUTATION AS AN AGRESSIVE DRIVER in DC
Novak CURSED at a pedestrian in the crosswalk in 2001,
Novak went to a RACING SCHOOL.

This HIT AND RUN DRIVER will get away with nothing more than failure to yield.

THE PEDESTRIAN ROLLED OFF HIS WINDSHIELD, and Novak didn't see or feel anything..­.

Between his age and his connections, he will get away with HIT AND RUN...path­etic.

[southafrica4obama]

why did't they conduct a sob test? it is also a hit and run incident

[NoMercy]

He probably still thinks that the guy he hit was attacking him, not that he HIT him.

I'll bet that'll be his defense.

[Zhonni]

The prince of darkness was BLOOD THIRSTY!

Leave him, alooooooone(sob)! He is only trying to drink some blood! Leave him alooooooone!

[w&cheneysuck]

Another clueless dinosaur in Washington!

[CintiBlue]

Kudos to David Bono for nabbing him.

[NoMercy]

Novak thinks he is a star, and hence a target. He says "some guy came up and hit my car with his fist", then "a bicyclist blocked the road in front of me".

Pure narcissism.

[OneWoman]

Yeah, he felt the fist on his car; but not the body.

[SEQUOIABISON]

One way or another this greedy thoughtless man has always been a menace to society.

[larryfishkorn]

What? Novak... and a hit job?

I'm shocked... SHOCKED!

[rigormrtis]

How long before the Bush Adminstration leaks the name of the pedestrian?