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Senator Harry Reid: Wife Landra, Daughter Lana In Car Accident

by Sudha Krishna | March 11, 2010 at 02:31 pm

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: Wife Landra Reid and daugher Lana injured in Car Accident:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife, Landra and daughter Lana are in hospital after being involved in a car accident.

A spokesman for Reid says the majority leader's wife, Landra, and their daughter, Lana, were injured Thursday when their vehicle was rear-ended. Reid left the Senate for the hospital.

The details of the car accident involving Harry Reid's wife and daughter are still unclear. At the time of this post the Senate Majority Leader's office released a brief statement.

"Today Senator Reid's wife, Landra, and daughter, Lana, were involved in an accident in which their vehicle was rear-ended," said spokesman Jon Summers. "They are both being treated at a Washington-area hospital.

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Sudha Krishna

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at 14:32 on March 11th, 2010

Sudha Krishna, thanks for getting this story out so quickly. It will now show up on the home page for four hours. If new developments justify it, I'll renew this flag for another cycle.

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YankeeJim

at 14:43 on March 11th, 2010

That is a traumatic event and I surely hope they are not seriously injured.

YankeeJim

at 14:45 on March 11th, 2010

Our sister publication in Reno reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were injured in a car crash. The Reno Gazette-Journal says the injuries "don't appear to be life-threatening." There are no other details.

The paper quotes spokesman Jon Summers as saying:

Today Sen. Reid's wife, Landra, and daughter, Lana, were involved in an accident in which their vehicle was rear-ended. They are both being treated at a Washington-area hospital.

Reid met his wife in high school, and they were married in 1959. Lana is the couple's only daughter. They have four sons, including Rory Reid, who is running for governor of Nevada

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2010/03/sen-reids-wife-daughter-injured-in-car-crash/1

Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 16:52 on March 11th, 2010

Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said Landra G. Reid, 69, and Lana Reid-Barringer, 48, of McLean, were driving northbound on I-95 at about 1:10 p.m. in a 2005 Honda Odyssey van in stop-and-go traffic when Reid-Barringer began to stop for traffic ahead of her. A tractor-trailer loaded with rolls of plastic behind her did not stop and pushed the van into another car.

That car in turn hit a third car.

Geller said the van was crushed on both ends.

Both Reid-Barringer and Reid were wearing seatbelts and were transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church. The driver of a 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee and the driver of a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt, also involved in the crash, were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

"Mrs. Reid has a broken nose, broken back and broken neck. Lana has a neck injury and facial lacerations. Both Mrs. Reid and Lana are conscious, can feel their extremities, and according to doctors their injuries are non-life threatening," Jon Summers, a spokesman for Sen. Reid (D-Nev.), said in a statement late Thursday afternoon.

caj1

at 17:47 on March 11th, 2010

Good information, Karl. Thank you.

Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 19:06 on March 11th, 2010

Thank caj1,

YankeeJim

at 04:03 on March 12th, 2010

Very serious injuries that will take a long time from which to recover.

hidflect

at 18:05 on March 11th, 2010

Really hope the best for them. But a broken back from a rear-ender in stop and go traffic? That must've been one heckuva momentum-laden tractor-trailer. Mind you, I've seen a few Honda accidents here in Japan and in one (a Civic) the car was torn into 2 pieces across the middle when it side-windered into a light pole. Mind you, lucky they weren't in a Prius. A more feeble tin can I've never seen.

ACP missed his calling as an intelligence officer. He's one quick cowboy.

Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 19:06 on March 11th, 2010

hidflect if ya blink ya miss lol

Ronald Lockamy (not verified)

at 10:21 on March 14th, 2010

Thank you, Mr Reid, for you service to our country and to your fellow citizens. May God give you strength and love during your family's time of healing. Ronald R. Lockamy, SFC, USA, Retired