Mr. Kennedy said he returned to his Capitol Hill home on Wednesday evening after a final series of votes in Congress and took "prescribed" amounts of Phenergan and Ambien, another prescribed drug that he occasionally takes to fall asleep.
"Some time around 2:45 a.m., I drove the few blocks to the Capitol Complex believing I needed to vote," his second statement said. "Apparently, I was disoriented from the medication."
No sobriety tests were conducted at the scene. Mr. Kennedy, 38, spent time at a drug rehabilitation clinic before he attended Providence College.
Mr. Kennedy appeared to be intoxicated when he crashed his Ford Mustang into a barrier on Capitol Hill early yesterday morning, said Louis P. Cannon, president of the Washington chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP).
Mr. Cannon, who was not at the accident scene, said the officers involved in the accident were instructed by an official "above the rank of patrolman" to take Mr. Kennedy home.
A letter written by a Capitol Police officer to acting Chief Christopher McGaffin said Mr. Kennedy appeared to be staggering when he left the vehicle after the crash about 3 a.m. The letter was first reported by Roll Call.
Capitol Police did not immediately return phone calls for comment. They issued a one-line statement saying they were investigating a traffic violation that occurred early in the morning at that location.
Officer Baird wrote Chief McGaffin that two sergeants who responded to the accident conferred with the watch commander and were ordered to leave the scene. He said that after the officers left, Capitol Police officials gave Mr. Kennedy a ride home.
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With Teddy getting up there in years I was getting a lil' afraid that we would have a generation that would'nt have a Kennedy scandal.....nice to see Patrick is stepping it up a bit!:rolleyes:
