‘Not a hit-and-run.’ Police release report on Mike Kohler pole crash

The Pensacola Police Department has released its traffic report on the run-in Escambia County Commissioner Mike Kohler’s truck had with a utility pole in Sanders Beach while he was canvassing the neighborhood.

The investigator said the incident caused about $5,000 in damage to the owner and tenant of a nearby home and although Kohler did not report the incident to law enforcement, his actions did not meet the statutory criteria for a hit-and-run.

“Based on my investigation, I determined that Mike Kohler did not commit a hit-and-run offense,” Pensacola Police Officer Greg Gordon wrote…

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