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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
News / Biz Progress Energy lobbyist burned in car, in driveway
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:41 PM
What's with all the odd Washington deaths lately? We've got the military veteran/Washington adviser gunned down mafia style in a landfill; we've got an assassination attempt on a congresswoman — and six fallen citizens who were in the wrong place at the wrong time; and on the same day as the big merger news (in case you haven't heard, North Carolina's big energy companies are getting married), one of Progress Energy's Washington lobbyists was found on fire in her own car ... in her own driveway. Of course, her death isn't being labeled as a crime at this point, just a freak accident.
Here's more from Death and Taxes magazine:
Turton’s body was found inside the burning car by the Washington D.C. Fire Department. Turton was the wife of White House deputy director of legislative affairs Dan Turton, and was a lobbyist for Progress Energy (in the news because of a $13.7 billion merger with Duke Energy announced the same day).According to ABC News, there was a call made at 4:50am reporting a car accident. It is believed that Turton crashed into her garage, igniting a flame that engulfed the car. The explanation seems reasonable, as it only requires a spark and gasoline to trigger such an inferno.
At this point, it is too early to come to a conclusion about the cause, but something about a woman crashing into her garage at around 4:50 a.m. seems rather curious. Several questions need to be asked.
Read the entire post, by DJ Pangburn, here.
Rhiannon "Rhi" Bowman is an independent journalist who contributes snarky commentary on Creative Loafing's CLog blog four days a week in addition to writing for several other local media organizations. To learn more, click the links or follow Rhi on Twitter.
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