Walz said staff had ‘a few minor injuries’ following crash while heading from airport to campaign stop
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Tim Walz unharmed after motorcade vehicles crash in Milwaukee
Walz said staff had ‘a few minor injuries’ following crash while heading from airport to campaign stop
“… The
Harris campaign said the crash involved vehicles near the rear of the motorcade. Walz, who is also the governor of Minnesota, was riding closer to the front. Images posted on social media showed large passenger vans with crumpled front and back ends after the collision, which was said to have occurred on Interstate 794.
[The crash was toward the back of the motorcade. One person sustained a broken arm] … Some reporters had scrapes and bruises, and one had a bloody nose. Another feared having suffered a concussion and was initially looking to be taken to urgent care – but eventually climbed aboard a new van to accompany the rest of the press to the event.
All who wanted to be checked out by paramedics were assessed, according to the pool report. …”
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NY Post version:
Tim Walz rides on as motorcade crashes in pile-up, leaving staffer injured
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz continued on after his motorcade crashed in a several-car pile up that injured a staffer Monday on their way to a campaign stop for Vice President Kamala Harris in Milwaukee…
nypost.com
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Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), the Democratic vice presidential candidate, checked in on a campaign staffer hospitalized in Milwaukee after a crash within Walz's motorcade.
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Walz checks in on campaign staffer hospitalized after motorcade crash
“… “Some of my staff and members of the press that were traveling up with us were involved in a traffic accident on the way here today. We’ve spoken with the staff,” Walz told the crowd at the event. “I’m relieved to say that with a few minor injuries, everybody’s going to be OK.”
… A Georgia police officer suffered serious injuries last week when he
crashed his motorcycle while traveling with the Harris campaign motorcade. He was the sole person involved in that crash. …”