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>State AG Who Ran Over a Man and Drove
>Away Seeks Second Term
>Jan. 19, 2022
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>The man South Dakota Attorney
>General Jason Ravnsborg ran over
>and killed in 2020 was stuck in
>his windshield for an undetermined
>amount of time after he was struck.
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>That was the testimony on Tuesday
>of an investigator who spoke during
>an impeachment hearing in Pierre,
>the state capital, nearly a year
>after Ravnsborg pleaded no contest
>to a pair of misdemeanor charges for
>the crash that killed 55-year-old
>Joe Boever on Sept. 12, 2020.
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>"When a body rides on a vehicle, we
>don't know exactly when that body
>separates from the vehicle," South
>Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper John
>Berndt testified before the House
>Select Committee on Investigation,
>according to Argus Leader reporter
>Joe Sneve, who covered the lengthy
>hearing and provided a running
>report on Twitter.
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>"We don't know how long he rode on
>the vehicle or how long his face was
>in the windshield," Berndt continued.
>"Mr. Boever was struck on (the)
>passenger side ... his right leg was
>severed just below the knee."
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>Ravnsborg, who had been driving his
>red 2011 Ford Taurus at about 65 mph
>on the westbound lane of U.S. Highway
>14 in central South Dakota, stopped
>his vehicle more than 600 feet after
>the moment of impact. He called 911,
>identified himself as the attorney
>general, and said he had struck
>something but wasn't sure what it was.
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>The impeachment process, launched
>during the 2021 session, was halted
>to allow the legal process to run its
>course. Ravnsborg finally pleaded to
>a pair of misdemeanors while a third
>count was dropped.
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>He paid a pair of $500 fines, plus
>court costs, and that was that. The
>attorney general never appeared in
>court, nor did he surrender his
>driver's license. He was arrested
>for speeding four days before his
>case was set to go to trial.
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>https://www.thedailybeast.com/jason-ravnsborg-south-dakota-attorney-gene
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