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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: mountaineer on July 30, 2020, 05:55:12 pm
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Vice President Mike Pence’s Campaign Bus Involved In Minor Crash With Dump Truck
July 30, 2020 at 11:30 am
GREENSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) – Journalists in Vice President Mike Pence’s motorcade are reporting separate accidents on the way to Greensburg. A minor crash involving a bus in the motorcade, and later, an accident involving motorbike escorts have been reported.
The motorcade reportedly came to a standstill around 11 a.m. Thursday morning. There doesn’t appear to be much damage to the bus as the motorcade went by.
Vice President Pence is uninjured, journalists say, and was transferred to a limo from the bus.
There is also what reportedly appears to be an accident involving two motorbike escorts. Journalists saw two bikes on the ground and the vice president talking to one of the bikers. ... KDKA (https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/07/30/vice-president-mike-pence-bus-crash-greensburg/)
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Wow, what a day full of bad news.
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Another account:
Mike Pence’s Motorcade Crashes Twice In One Day, VP Tended To Injured Officers Personally
July 30, 2020
Two Pittsburgh Police motorcycle officers with the Special Deployment Division were involved in a collision on Route 837 in White Oak, PA just before 11:40 a.m.
The officers were part of a security detail protecting Vice-President Mike Pence’s motorcade while the Vice-President was visiting the area. Both officers were treated in the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The cause of the collision is being investigated. The crash comes after a separate minor collision involving a bus in the motorcade. ...
“Pittsburgh Public Safety would like to thank Vice-President Pence and members of the United States Secret Service for the concern and attention they showed the two injured officers,†police wrote in a statement. “Vice-President Pence stopped to tend to the officers personally; a gesture that was greatly appreciated by the officers themselves, and by the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police.†...
I'd say Mr. Pence needs a new driver.
https://breaking911.com/mike-pences-motorcade-crashes-twice-in-one-day-vp-tended-to-injured-officers-personally/