Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hospitalized after Las Vegas crash (not life threatening)

[TroyD]

October 26, 2012 at 4:53 pm

KTNV reports on a car crash on I-15 that has left Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) hospitalized. :

Multiple cars were involved in the crash, including four cars in Senator Reid’s caravan. Two other cars outside of the caravan were involved.

Reid was transported to University Medical Center. The injuries did not appear to be life threatening, the highway patrol’s public information officer told CNN, and no one else involved went to the hospital.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/10/26/harry-reid-hospitalized-after-las-vegas-car-crash/

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

1. Just read a tweet that he walked into the emergency room. n/t

[exboyfil]

2. Win one for Harry

Does not quite have the same sound as Win One for the Gipper.

[TroyD]

3. Update: Reid doing fine after being sent to hospital, according to Las Vegas police source

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82953.html

[spin]

4. I'm glad he was not seriously injured. He is a good man and a good Democrat. (n/t)

[TroyD]

5. Jon Ralston - Source close to Reid: "He's fine. Just a little sore."

Jon Ralston ?@RalstonReports

Source close to Reid: "He's fine. Just a little sore."

https://twitter.com/RalstonReports

[TroyD]

6. Reid office statement on accident

"Senator Reid and his security detail were involved in a traffic accident today on Interstate 15 in Las Vegas. Senator Reid was taken to University Medical Center Hospital by his security detail as a precaution, and walked in on his own. Senator Reid was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the accident. He experienced rib and hip contusions and has been cleared for release by the doctors. Mrs. Reid was not in the car at the time of the accident. Some of Senator Reid's detail and a staffer had minor injuries in the accident and were evaluated at UMC."