City officials defend Darren White over wife’s accident

tonight we continue our coverage of the car accident involving the wife of minute thumbnail 10:01 pm albuquerque chief public safety director darren white. city officials held a news conference tonight defending white’s actions surrounding the crash — but it quickly turned into a media bashing session. jeff maher has been on top of this story all day, he's live near juan tabo and montgomery. jeff. minute thumbnail 10:02 pm this is the intersection close to the spot where darren white's wife, kathleen suffered a medical episode that led to a minor crash. white and his wife decided to release her personal medical records to put rumors to rest -- and to show she was not under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs. according to police reports, kathleen white lt control of her black porsche last wednesday morning on her way to the gym. she told paramedics she was experiencing blurred vision. her car hit the median -- and she called her husband for help. "when i talked to my wife, i could tell she was confused and she was not acting normal, this was not the person i had left 20 minutes earlier and it scared me" white took his wife to the hospital, where it was determined she had suffered a seizure. she spent two days at presbyterian and is now recovering at home. but rumors quickly circulated raising suspicion about why white drove his wife minute thumbnail 10:03 pm himself, instead of using an ambulance. he says he was just being a responsible husband. "since the time i brought her home, i've been dealing with baseless allegations and inuendos from individuals who are trying to score cheap political points at the expense of my wife and her medical condition" that's why white released his wife's personal medical information "here's the medical records to start with this one" city c-a-o rob perry went after the media. "i think you're all going to be faced with a difficult dilemma to the extent of how you look at the situation, because the director's had to...

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