Three vehicles in the motorcade escorting Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to a campaign event in Milwaukee were involved in an accident on Monday (2).
Some passengers were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Secret Service.
Several press vans were involved in a crash on Interstate 794 on their way to the Milwaukee Area Labor Council’s “Laborfest 2024,” where the Democratic vice presidential candidate was scheduled to speak.
People in the vehicles were “violently thrown forward” when one van crashed into another, according to reporters traveling with Walz. The governor’s vehicle was not involved in the crash, and ambulances were dispatched to the scene, according to reporters.
Vice President Kamala Harris was briefed on the accident, according to a White House official. Harris spoke with her running mate to check on him and his staff, the source said.
President Joe Biden also called Walz after the collision, the Harris-Walz campaign said. A White House official confirmed the president made the call before taking off on Air Force One, the U.S. presidential plane, to Pittsburgh.
According to a report from the press conference, one reporter had a nosebleed after the accident and another had a possible concussion.
Joe Biesk, a spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service, said the injured passengers were treated by medical personnel at the scene before being taken to a local hospital.
Biesk confirmed that Walz was not injured and noted that the accident is under investigation by the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office.
This content was originally published in Tim Walz’s entourage is involved in an accident on the way to an event in Milwaukee on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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