Walz unharmed after Milwaukee motorcade crash

Washington: Several cars at the back of a motorcade carrying Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz crashed while heading from the airport to a...

Washington: Several cars at the back of a motorcade carrying Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz crashed while heading from the airport to a campaign stop in Milwaukee on Monday, but Walz was unhurt.

President Joe Biden called and spoke to Walz a short time later, as the president was traveling to a separate campaign stop in Pittsburgh with Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris' campaign said that she also spoke with her running mate by phone after the crash and that he was not injured.

The Harris campaign said the crash involved cars near the rear of the motorcade. Walz, who is also the governor of Minnesota, was riding closer to the front. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash, which occurred shortly before 1 p.m. local time and caused some minor injuries.

The White House said that Harris was briefed on the collision and spoke with Walz to check on him and the staff. She's expected to get updates throughout the day.

A member of the traveling pool staff, who was in a van carrying reporters, was injured and being treated by medics, according to a pool report from a reporter traveling in Walz's motorcade, who wrote that passengers were "violently thrown forward, as our van slammed into the one in front of us and was hit from behind.”