Bisard bought Skoal after deadly crash

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - We've uncovered new information in the investigation of Officer David Bisard. 24-hour news 8 has been working hard to piece together what happened in the crucial hours following the fatal crash.

About an hour after David Bisard struck three motorcyclists, Fraternal Order of Police president Bill Owensby says he was driven to Methodist Occupational Health to treat cuts on his arms and for his BAC blood draw. Sources close to the investigation tell us that the sergeant driving Bisard stopped at a convenience store for him.

"It wouldn't be unusual," said Owensby. "You're transporting an injured officer to the clinic."

A source close to the investigation tells 24-hour news 8 they stopped for some Skoal on the way to the clinic.

This Speedway gas station on East 56th is blocks from the accident scene. While store corporate leaders won't confirm Bisard stopped there following the accident, Marathon Petroleum Company Communications Manager Shane Pochard says, "We have shared surveillance tape with local authorities from that store. We have complied with the request and will work with authorities for any additional information they may need."

Should an officer involved in a fatal accident be allowed to make a stop for his convenience?

"That would not be unusual, not at all," said Owensby.

Owensby denies the officer was treated differently than any other DUI suspect in a fatal crash because the police had no reason to suspect Bisard was drunk.

Owensby says officers thought nothing of having Bisard's blood drawn at the facility where officers are treated for work-related injuries. But the chief deputy prosecutor points out that that taking an officer to a clinic for a BAC blood draw is a violation of protocol - protocol police have followed in the past.

Remember the case of Officer Erin Ringham ? The rookie officer was responding as backup on a burglary call on New Year's Eve 2008 when she struck and killed a pedestrian. The chief deputy prosecutor says her blood was not drawn at a clinic; it was drawn at a hospital.

"That officer had to give a blood draw. It was done at a hospital. That's the protocol. They did not follow the protocol," said David Wyser, Chief deputy prosecutor.

Because police took Bisard to a clinic - not a hospital - for the blood draw, the test results can not be used in court. Bisard's test showed a blood alcohol level of .19, more than twice the legal limit of .08.