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Michael Hastings was afraid his car was tampered with
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（去年8月的旧闻，但是我看到有人问所以翻一下）
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Published time: August 22, 2013 16:09
Edited time: August 22, 2013 16:42
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As details about journalist Michael Hastings’ death remain unanswered following the release of a coroner’s report, a neighbor says the late reporter was afraid to get in his own car hours before he died in high-speed crash June 18 in Hollywood.
尸检官的报告公布后，关于记者Michael Hastings死亡的细节仍然没有得到回答。他的一个邻居说在他6月18日在好莱坞死于一场超速车祸之前，他曾经害怕坐进自己的车。


Hastings, 33, was killed when his Mercedes coupe crashed into a tree just before 5 a.m. that morning, and details about the collision have been contested in the months since. A friend of Hastings said days later that the reporter believed he was being investigated by the government, and the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks said one of their attorneys was contacted by Hastings hours before his death.
Hastings，33岁，在那天早上5点前因他的奔驰轿车撞上树而丧命，这场车祸的细节在接下来的几个月里一直处于争论之中。Hastings的一个朋友几天后说Hastings相信他被政府调查，同时反机密网站维基解密说他们的一位律师曾经在Hastings死前几小时接到他的联系。


In the aftermath, conspiracists floated the possibility that Hastings’ car had been hacked, or perhaps a hit had been ordered to take him out before another big story could stir up the political world. Hastings’ previous works had led to serious consequences for many of those in power. Most famously, a 2010 Rolling Stone article by Hastings had directly led to Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s 2010 resignation as US commander in Afghanistan.
之后，阴谋论者提出Hastings的车可能被黑了，或者在一个重大报道搅乱政局之前有人下令制造车祸除掉他。Hasting之前的工作曾经导致过当权者的遭受严重后果。最有名的是他在《滚石》上发表的文章直接导致前美国驻阿富汗司令Stanley McChrystal将军辞职。


On June 17, Hastings allegedly told his colleagues that that he was goingoff the radar for a bit because he was working on a big story. Now only furthering skepticism about the journalist’s demise, his neighbor tells the Los Angeles Weekly that Hastings was terrified to get in his own car hours before he died inside of it.
据说在6月17号，Hastings告诉他的同事们他要避一下风头，因为他在追踪一个重大新闻。现在，他的邻居告诉《洛杉矶周报》Hastings在死于自己车内前曾害怕坐进自己的车，这更加重了人们对Hastings之死的怀疑。


Jordanna Thigpen tells LA Weekly that Hastings approached her in the early hours of June 18 and pleaded with her to hand over her Volvo.
“His behavior grew increasingly erratic. Helicopters often circle over the hills, but Hastings believed there were more of them around whenever he was at home, keeping an eye on him. He came to believe his Mercedes was being tampered with,” Gene Maddaus wrote for the Weekly
"Nothing I could say could console him," Thigpen told the paper. "He was scared, and he wanted to leave town.” Thigpen told Hastings she was experiencing mechanical problems with her car and declined his pleas to take it for a drive.
Jordanna Thigpen告诉《洛杉矶周报》记者，Hastings在6月18日的早些时候找到她，并恳求她允许自己开她的沃尔沃。
“他的行为越来越反常。直升飞机经常在山上飞，但是Hastings相信当他在家时附近有更多的直升飞机监视他。他相信自己的奔驰受到了篡改。”周报记者Gene Maddaus写道。
“我说什么都没法安慰他，”Thigpen 告诉媒体。“他很害怕，希望离开这个城市。”Thigpen 告诉Hastings自己的车（沃尔沃）有机械故障，并拒绝了他驾驶的请求。


According to the neighbor, that meeting occurred after midnight on the morning of June 18 just five hours before emergency responders attended the fatal car crash. In the coroner’s report published last week by investigative journalist Jason Leopold, family members said Hastings was thought to have just recently begun taking drugs after almost a decade-and-a-half of sobriety. Hastings brothers told investigators that the reporter passed out at around 3 a.m. that morning and suggested he wouldn’t be surprised if cocaine, marijuana or DMT were being abused at the time. A toxicology report identified only insignificant traces of methamphetamines and weed in Hastings’ system, and led officials to conclude that either couldn’t play role in the crash.
这位邻居说，这次会面发生于午夜之后，就在6月18日早上紧急救援奔赴那场致命车祸前5小时。在调查记者Jason Leopold上周发表的验尸官报告中，家属认为Hsatings在接近15年的清醒后，最近开始服用药物。Hastings的兄弟告诉调查员Hastings在早上3点左右昏迷，并且表示如果可卡因、大麻或者DMT被滥用，他并不会感到意外。一个毒理学报告确认仅有微量痕迹的脱氧麻黄碱（一种中枢兴奋药）和大麻在Hastings的体内，官方的结论是这些都不会导致车祸。


The official report has since ruled out drugs or alcohol as the reason behind the crash, and perhaps no one will never know why Hastings’ automobile accelerated down a Hollywood strip that morning and into a tree. Coupled with the apparent attempts to warn his associate and WikiLeaks of a possible investigation, Thigpen’s admission isn’t making it any easier to close the case. Whether or not Hastings’ fear of driving his own car was justified by the work he was doing or other stressors at play will likely never be known. However, it without a doubt adds another interesting chapter to a puzzling saga worthy of the investigative work that Hastings made his hallmark.
这个官方报告因此排除药物或者酒精作为车祸的原因，也许永远没有人会知道为什么Hastings的汽车为什么当天早上在一个好莱坞的商业街上加速并撞上树。除了Hasting明显试图警告他的同事和维基解密可能到来的调查之外，Thigpen的口述使结案更加困难。Hastings惧怕开车是因为他正在从事的工作还是其他刺激也许永远不会有人知道了。不论如何，这无疑使这个令人困惑的长篇故事增添了又一引人关注的篇章，这个长篇故事值得Hastings从事那些令他特别的调查工作。

Michael Hastings was afraid his car was tampered with
龙腾网 http://www.ltaaa.comMichael Hastings曾害怕他的车受到了篡改龙腾网 http://www.ltaaa.com
（去年8月的旧闻，但是我看到有人问所以翻一下）
龙腾网 http://www.ltaaa.com原址http://rt.com/usa/michael-hastings-car-neighbor-853/龙腾网 http://www.ltaaa.com
龙腾网 http://www.ltaaa.com


Published time: August 22, 2013 16:09
Edited time: August 22, 2013 16:42
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As details about journalist Michael Hastings’ death remain unanswered following the release of a coroner’s report, a neighbor says the late reporter was afraid to get in his own car hours before he died in high-speed crash June 18 in Hollywood.
尸检官的报告公布后，关于记者Michael Hastings死亡的细节仍然没有得到回答。他的一个邻居说在他6月18日在好莱坞死于一场超速车祸之前，他曾经害怕坐进自己的车。


Hastings, 33, was killed when his Mercedes coupe crashed into a tree just before 5 a.m. that morning, and details about the collision have been contested in the months since. A friend of Hastings said days later that the reporter believed he was being investigated by the government, and the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks said one of their attorneys was contacted by Hastings hours before his death.
Hastings，33岁，在那天早上5点前因他的奔驰轿车撞上树而丧命，这场车祸的细节在接下来的几个月里一直处于争论之中。Hastings的一个朋友几天后说Hastings相信他被政府调查，同时反机密网站维基解密说他们的一位律师曾经在Hastings死前几小时接到他的联系。


In the aftermath, conspiracists floated the possibility that Hastings’ car had been hacked, or perhaps a hit had been ordered to take him out before another big story could stir up the political world. Hastings’ previous works had led to serious consequences for many of those in power. Most famously, a 2010 Rolling Stone article by Hastings had directly led to Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s 2010 resignation as US commander in Afghanistan.
之后，阴谋论者提出Hastings的车可能被黑了，或者在一个重大报道搅乱政局之前有人下令制造车祸除掉他。Hasting之前的工作曾经导致过当权者的遭受严重后果。最有名的是他在《滚石》上发表的文章直接导致前美国驻阿富汗司令Stanley McChrystal将军辞职。


On June 17, Hastings allegedly told his colleagues that that he was goingoff the radar for a bit because he was working on a big story. Now only furthering skepticism about the journalist’s demise, his neighbor tells the Los Angeles Weekly that Hastings was terrified to get in his own car hours before he died inside of it.
据说在6月17号，Hastings告诉他的同事们他要避一下风头，因为他在追踪一个重大新闻。现在，他的邻居告诉《洛杉矶周报》Hastings在死于自己车内前曾害怕坐进自己的车，这更加重了人们对Hastings之死的怀疑。


Jordanna Thigpen tells LA Weekly that Hastings approached her in the early hours of June 18 and pleaded with her to hand over her Volvo.
“His behavior grew increasingly erratic. Helicopters often circle over the hills, but Hastings believed there were more of them around whenever he was at home, keeping an eye on him. He came to believe his Mercedes was being tampered with,” Gene Maddaus wrote for the Weekly
"Nothing I could say could console him," Thigpen told the paper. "He was scared, and he wanted to leave town.” Thigpen told Hastings she was experiencing mechanical problems with her car and declined his pleas to take it for a drive.
Jordanna Thigpen告诉《洛杉矶周报》记者，Hastings在6月18日的早些时候找到她，并恳求她允许自己开她的沃尔沃。
“他的行为越来越反常。直升飞机经常在山上飞，但是Hastings相信当他在家时附近有更多的直升飞机监视他。他相信自己的奔驰受到了篡改。”周报记者Gene Maddaus写道。
“我说什么都没法安慰他，”Thigpen 告诉媒体。“他很害怕，希望离开这个城市。”Thigpen 告诉Hastings自己的车（沃尔沃）有机械故障，并拒绝了他驾驶的请求。


According to the neighbor, that meeting occurred after midnight on the morning of June 18 just five hours before emergency responders attended the fatal car crash. In the coroner’s report published last week by investigative journalist Jason Leopold, family members said Hastings was thought to have just recently begun taking drugs after almost a decade-and-a-half of sobriety. Hastings brothers told investigators that the reporter passed out at around 3 a.m. that morning and suggested he wouldn’t be surprised if cocaine, marijuana or DMT were being abused at the time. A toxicology report identified only insignificant traces of methamphetamines and weed in Hastings’ system, and led officials to conclude that either couldn’t play role in the crash.
这位邻居说，这次会面发生于午夜之后，就在6月18日早上紧急救援奔赴那场致命车祸前5小时。在调查记者Jason Leopold上周发表的验尸官报告中，家属认为Hsatings在接近15年的清醒后，最近开始服用药物。Hastings的兄弟告诉调查员Hastings在早上3点左右昏迷，并且表示如果可卡因、大麻或者DMT被滥用，他并不会感到意外。一个毒理学报告确认仅有微量痕迹的脱氧麻黄碱（一种中枢兴奋药）和大麻在Hastings的体内，官方的结论是这些都不会导致车祸。


The official report has since ruled out drugs or alcohol as the reason behind the crash, and perhaps no one will never know why Hastings’ automobile accelerated down a Hollywood strip that morning and into a tree. Coupled with the apparent attempts to warn his associate and WikiLeaks of a possible investigation, Thigpen’s admission isn’t making it any easier to close the case. Whether or not Hastings’ fear of driving his own car was justified by the work he was doing or other stressors at play will likely never be known. However, it without a doubt adds another interesting chapter to a puzzling saga worthy of the investigative work that Hastings made his hallmark.
这个官方报告因此排除药物或者酒精作为车祸的原因，也许永远没有人会知道为什么Hastings的汽车为什么当天早上在一个好莱坞的商业街上加速并撞上树。除了Hasting明显试图警告他的同事和维基解密可能到来的调查之外，Thigpen的口述使结案更加困难。Hastings惧怕开车是因为他正在从事的工作还是其他刺激也许永远不会有人知道了。不论如何，这无疑使这个令人困惑的长篇故事增添了又一引人关注的篇章，这个长篇故事值得Hastings从事那些令他特别的调查工作。