Walz unharmed after some of the vehicles near the back of his motorcade crash in Milwaukee

WASHINGTON -- Several cars astatine the backmost of a motorcade carrying Democratic vice statesmanlike nominee Tim Walz crashed portion heading from the airdrome to a run halt successful Milwaukee connected Monday, but Walz was unhurt.

The crashed occurred soon earlier 1 p.m. section time. Vice President Kamala Harris' run said she spoke with Walz soon aft the clang and that helium was not injured. The run said the clang progressive cars adjacent the rear of the motorcade, not person to the front, wherever Walz, who is besides the politician of Minnesota, was riding.

A subordinate of Walz traveling staff, who was successful a van carrying reporters, was injured and being treated by medics, according to a excavation study from a newsman traveling successful Walz's motorcade. The excavation newsman said others successful the van were shaken but appeared to beryllium OK aft being "violently thrown forward, arsenic our van slammed into the 1 successful beforehand of america and was deed from behind."

It wasn't instantly wide what caused the crash.

The clang occurred aft Walz and his wife, Gwen, were greeted astatine the airdrome by Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin. The trio embraced, chatted and posed for a photograph earlier the motorcade began heading to the event.

Monday's run stops marking Labor Day were Walz's archetypal aboard the Harris-Walz run charter aircraft. It bears decals of an American flag, the words Harris-Walz, and "A New Way Forward."