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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBen Carson suspends campaign (not for the obvious reason)
http://news.yahoo.com/ben-carson-team-car-crash-campaigning-suspended-202348385.htmlWashington (AFP) - Republican Ben Carson temporarily suspended his US presidential bid Tuesday when four members of his campaign team were in a serious car accident in Iowa, where the first votes in the nomination process will be cast.
A van transporting the group "hit a patch of ice and flipped on its side where it was struck by another vehicle," Carson's campaign said in a statement.
One volunteer was being transported to a trauma center in Omaha, Nebraska, while three others including a campaign staffer who was driving the vehicle were being checked at an Iowa hospital.
"I'm suspending all campaign activities today due to a car accident involving members of our team," Carson said on Twitter.
His campaign said Carson will travel to Omaha to be with the injured volunteer's family, the campaign said.
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Ben Carson suspends campaign (not for the obvious reason) (Original Post)
SoCalDem
Jan 2016
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Driver may not have been used to driving in these conditions. Working on a campaign
randys1
Jan 2016
#1
I'm hoping the staffers are able to make a full recovery. A good move by Carson.
madinmaryland
Jan 2016
#3
randys1
(16,286 posts)1. Driver may not have been used to driving in these conditions. Working on a campaign
can put you in unfamiliar territory.
Ice, black ice, etc., can be so so dangerous.
Bettie
(16,125 posts)2. My neighbor's sister and her two year old
just hit a patch of ice and died last Friday.
There are still patches of ice and they are often virtually invisible.
Hoping that those injured will be OK.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)3. I'm hoping the staffers are able to make a full recovery. A good move by Carson.
shadowrider
(4,941 posts)5. Exactly correct
In times like this, politics should be set aside, and good wishes for a full recovery given.
UTUSN
(70,740 posts)4. It's a metaphor: Keystone Kops running around into one another. n/t