BESE member injured in wreck

A member of Louisiana’s top school board missed Wednesday’s meeting after he was in a traffic accident.

Jim Garvey, a Metairie lawyer, said he was driving to Baton Rouge in the rain when he hydroplaned and struck bridge guardrails twice on Interstate 10.

In a telephone interview, Garvey said he may have suffered a mild concussion in the one-car accident.

He said his vehicle is a total loss.

A committee of BESE met until about 9 p.m. Tuesday. The full board began its meeting at about 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Garvey, who is married and has four children, said he always returns home after BESE meetings.

BESE is an 11-member panel that sets policies for public school students statewide.

Even though he missed the meeting, Garvey was elected vice president of the board for 2013.

Comments

1) Comment by gary - 06/12/2012

@Woody - yes I recall that little tired at the wheel/medication type mix wreck - padding his resume' for higher office - good times in B R.

2) Comment by Woody - 06/12/2012

@ gary - you might like then secretary of state jay dardenne when he decided to landscape the i-10 median near essen lane a few years back?

3) Comment by Pakistani - 06/12/2012

What was his alcohol level?

4) Comment by tradewinns - 06/12/2012

while i'm happy he wasn't seriously injured, i'm also happy what injuries he did sustain were connected with the organ that's not used much in his BESE duties.

5) Comment by Woody - 06/12/2012

i am glad he always returns home after BESE meetings. not sure exactly what this has to do with his inability to drive.

6) Comment by gary - 06/12/2012

Yikes, I hope Mr. Garvey will recover from his wreck, er - I'm sure he was issued a ticket for failure to maintain control - standard procedure for a single car accident when you can't keep it tween the ditches.