More Information on Bollea Crash Made Public
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As more and more reports are released that relate to Nick Bollea’s August 26 car accident that left his friend, John Graziano, in a vegetative state; the public is able to see a more clear picture about the events that led up to the crash. Nick Bollea has subsequently been charged with reckless driving with serious bodily injury.
Yesterday, the Clearwater Police Department released 225 pages of information. This follows the 911 tapes that were released yesterday.
The day appears to have begun when Terry Bollea (wrestler Hulk Hogan) went to a local Alberton’s along with Nick and Nick’s friends. Receipts indicate Hogan bought two cases of Miller Lite, two cases of Corona beer, one case of Miller Cheer Beer, and five bags of ice.
Later in the day, Nick and some of his friends, including Danny Jacobs (the driver of the other car involved in the incident) docked a boat at Shephard’s Tiki Bar on Clearwater Beach. It’s your typical beach party kind of place. The group got out of the boat and headed toward the bar, but when asked for identification they declined and returned to the boat. Everyone on the boat was holding a beer, except Nick. He was holding a plastic cup. Jacobs admits to drinking, both on the boat and at Shephard’s. Blood tests did show alcohol in Bollea’s system as well.
That leads us up to just before Nick Bollea crashed the yellow Supra. Jacobs says the group was heading to Arigato for dinner. An affidavit names several eye witnesses who say the Supra driven by Bollea was racing a silver Viper. Keep in mind that the posted speed limit on that part of Court Street is a generous 40 mph. Witnesses noted the cars fishtailing, pacing one another as they prepared to race, and playing “cat and mouse”.
Danny Jacobs, the driver of the Viper, told police he was not racing. Later, the mother of Graziano’s girlfriend overheard Jacobs tell a pastor he was driving 113 mpr or 130 mpr before Bolla crashed. He saw the crash in the rearview mirror of the Viper, tried to get in touch with Hogan on the phone, and when he could not he left to go find Hogan.
The same affidavit reads, in part that upon being taken to Bayfront Hospital immediately after the accident, John Graziano “had minimal brain wave activity. In addition, John Graziano III was on a full ventilation system and he was unable to move his extremities.” Paramedics found him at the scene with a finger-size hole in his forehead.
By the time police arrived at Bollea’s hospital room, attorney Kevin Hayslett was already there. His eyes bloodshot and mumbling as he spoke, Nick stopped talking to the police once it was determined he was suspected of committing a crime.
Keep in mind that the police have been aware of this information since the beginning. Although it is just now being released to the public, these are not new revelations.
If you read the forums where the locals post online, residents who were once proud to have Hulk Hogan and his family living here are fast becoming disenchanted.
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