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I I I I I I I FEDERAL OMNIBUS TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEE TESTING ACT POST-ACCIDENT TESTING PROCEDURE Accident - (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this definition, an occurrence involving a commercial motor vehicle operating on a public road which results in: (a) a fatality, Co) bodily injury to a person who, as a result of the injury, immediately receives medical treatment away from the scene of the accident, (c) one or more motor vehicles incurring disabling damage as a result of the accident, requiring the vehicle to be transported away from the scene by a tow truck or other vehicle. (2) The term accident does not include: (a) an occurrence involving only boarding and alighting from a stationary motor vehicle, or (b) an occurrence involving only the loading or unloading of cargo, or (c) an occurrence in the course of the operation of a passenger car or a multipurpose passenger vehicle (as defined in 571.3 of this title) by a motor carrier and is not transporting passengers for hire or hazardous materials of a type and quantity that require the motor vehicle to be marked or placarded in accordance with 177.823 of this title. If a City driver is involved in an accident while driving a Class A or Class B City vehicle, the driver must report for alcohol testing within two hours of the accident and controlled substance testing within thirty-two hours of the accident under the following circumstances: A. If the accident involved the loss of human life, or Bo If the City driver received a citation and there was either serious bodily injury needing immediate medical treatment or one or more vehicles must be towed as a result of the accident. Drivers should immediately notify local police, their supervisor and, if needed emergency medical personnel of the accident. The driver shall then be taken to Coon Rapids Medical Center at 9055 Spring Brook Drive, Coon Rapids as soon as practicable for both alcohol and controlled substance testing. After hours, the driver should be taken to Mercy Hospital at 4050 Coon Rapids Boulevard, Coon Rapids. A driver who is subject to post-accident testing shall remain readily available for such testing or may be deemed by the City to have refused to submit to testing. Alcohol Testing. The driver shall report for alcohol testing to Coon Rapids Medical Center within two hours following the accident. The City shall prepare and maintain on file a record stating the reasons that the test was not administered. If the driver does not report for testing within eight hours following the accident, the City shall cease attempts to administer the test and shall prepare and maintain 18