Driver recounts collisions with commerce secretary

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man whose vehicle was struck twice by a car driven by then U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson said Thursday he had narrowly averted another collision with the Cabinet member moments before his Buick was rear-ended at a rail crossing.

Driver Rich Sanchez said Bryson seemed disoriented, confused and glassy-eyed after the June 9 collision. The two planned to exchange insurance information but Bryson instead drove away, he said.

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