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Washington (AFP) - Republican Ben Carson temporarily suspended his US presidential bid when four members of his campaign team were involved in a fatal car accident in Iowa, where the first votes in the nomination process will be cast.
A van transporting the group "hit a patch of ice and flipped on its side where it was struck by another vehicle," Carson's campaign said in a statement, released on Tuesday.
A volunteer named as Braden Joplin, 25, died, while three others including a campaign staffer who was driving the vehicle were checked and later released from a hospital.
"I'm suspending all campaign activities today due to a car accident involving members of our team," Carson said on Twitter.
His campaign said Carson was to travel from South Carolina to Omaha to meet the dead volunteer's family and will later make a statement.
Washington (AFP) - Republican Ben Carson temporarily suspended his US presidential bid when four members of his campaign team were involved in a fatal car accident in Iowa, where the first votes in the nomination process will be cast.
A van transporting the group "hit a patch of ice and flipped on its side where it was struck by another vehicle," Carson's campaign said in a statement, released on Tuesday.
A volunteer named as Braden Joplin, 25, died, while three others including a campaign staffer who was driving the vehicle were checked and later released from a hospital.
"I'm suspending all campaign activities today due to a car accident involving members of our team," Carson said on Twitter.
His campaign said Carson was to travel from South Carolina to Omaha to meet the dead volunteer's family and will later make a statement.