Aside from the ridiculous speed his driver was driving at and the fact that Governor Corzine didn’t have his seat belt on, philly.com is reporting that there may have been yet another law broken in the accident that landed Corzine in the hospital in critical condition.

New Jersey State Police are investigating an allegation that the trooper who was driving Gov. Corzine’s SUV two weeks ago when it crashed going 91 m.p.h. may have been distracted by e-mails sent to his mobile phone or BlackBerry.

A Berkeley Heights police sergeant was quoted in the Star-Ledger of Newark yesterday saying he sent an e-mail shortly before the crash to Trooper Robert Rasinski, confronting him over having a two-year affair with his wife, Susan. He said he enclosed a family photo as an attachment.

Detective Sgt. Michael Mathis said he hoped the angry messages he sent to Rasinski did not cause the April 12 crash on the Garden State Parkway.

“We are confirming that there is this allegation and that it is under investigation,” State Police Lt. Gerald Lewis said yesterday. He declined to comment further.

Police are trying to determine whether Rasinski saw the messages just before the crash and whether they had an effect on his state of mind.

It’s illegal to use a handheld phone in New Jersey, and while that is only to make a phone call, it’s common sense that using it to read e-mail while violating the speed limit driving the un-seatbelted governor probably isn’t such a great idea. I don’t think I’m going too far out on a limb to say that it’s obvious the Governor and his driver are both morons considering how much they did to bring this accident on themselves.

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