Motorcade carrying Kamala Harris’s vice president candidate involved in crash
One person has been injured after several vehicles crashed in a motorcade carrying Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and his wife.
A member of the Democrat vice president candidate’s team “suffered a broken arm” after the crash between campaign and press vehicles, according to WTMJ, an affiliate of Sky News partner network NBC.
Mr Walz was travelling to a presidential campaign event in Wisconsin on Monday. He and his wife were unhurt in the incident.
Pic: ABC Pool/NBC
Images posted on social media showed large minibuses with crumpled front and backends.
It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash, which occurred shortly before 1pm local time (7pm UK time), but the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.
Pic: ABC Pool/NBC
The vans were transporting reporters travelling with Mr Walz on his election campaign trail.
A member of staff, travelling in one minibus along with reporters, was treated for a suspected broken arm.
Passengers described being “violently thrown forward” as the vehicle slammed into another in front, and was also hit from behind.
Some reporters suffered minor injuries, described as “scrapes and bruises”, and one person was thought to have concussion.
People were assessed by paramedics before being transferred to another minibus to the event.
Tim Walz and his wife Gwen arrive at a rally in Milwaukee. Pic: AP
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Mr Walz and his wife Gwen were riding closer to the front of the motorcade and were not caught up in the crash, which happened near the rear.
President Joe Biden called from Air Force One and spoke to Mr Walz afterwards, as the president was travelling to a separate event in Pittsburgh with vice president Kamala Harris.
Ms Harris, the Demoncrat presidential candidate, was initially campaigning in Detroit before heading to the joint event later in the day with Mr Biden, and her team said she also spoke with her running mate by phone.
Mr Walz spoke briefly about the crash at the rally in Milwaukee which he said involved “some of my staff and members of the press”.
“We’ve spoken with the staff. I’m relieved to say that with a few minor injuries, everybody’s going to be okay,” Mr Walz said.
He also thanked the secret service and emergency crews for their quick response.
Elon Musk says he has created a new political party – the America Party –
after asking his followers if he should do so in an online poll.
It follows his public falling out with Republican President Donald Trump.
On Friday, the billionaire had asked his followers on X whether a new US political party should be created.
On Saturday evening he wrote on the same platform: “By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!
“When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy.
“Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.”
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The world’s richest man made the announcement just one day after President Trump signed a tax-cut and spending bill into law on Friday, which Musk had fiercely opposed.
Musk had previously said we would form and fund a new political party to unseat lawmakers who supported the bill.
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The Tesla boss backed Trump’s election campaign with more than a quarter of a billion dollars, later rewarded with a high profile role running the newly created department of government efficiency (DOGE).
But observers of the two men, both with huge wealth and reputations, wondered how long the bromance would last.
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In May Musk left the role, still on good terms with Trump but criticising key parts of his legislative agenda.
After that, the attacks ramped up, with Musk slamming the sweeping tax and spending bill as a “disgusting abomination” and Trump hitting back in a barbed tit-for-tat.
Trump earlier this week threatened to cut off the billion-dollar federal subsidies that flow to Musk’s companies, and said he would even consider deporting him.
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