- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and her husband hit by a car in Portland.
- Driver remained on scene and cooperated with investigation.
- No citations or arrests made.
According to her spokesman, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., was temporarily hospitalised Friday night after she and her husband were struck by a car in Portland.
In a statement posted to Twitter, Natalie Crofts, Bonamici’s communications director, stated that the incident happened when the politician and her husband, Michael Simon, were crossing a street after leaving an event.
According to Portland police, a woman “rolled into Bonamici and her husband at low speed and knocked them down.”
According to a police spokesperson, the woman didn’t leave the site, participated with the investigation, and displayed no signs of intoxication. There were no citations or arrests made.
Simon received minor injuries while Bonamici was treated at a hospital for a concussion and laceration to her head, according to Crofts. She was later freed, and now she is recuperating at home.
While recovering, the congresswoman won’t be able to attend today’s town hall sessions in Clatsop and Tillamook Counties or any other public engagements, Crofts continued.
In a special election held in 2012, Bonamici won the right to represent Oregon’s 1st Congressional District, which includes portions of Multnomah County, Washington, Yamhill, Clatsop, and Columbia countries. In the most recent midterm elections, she defeated Chris Mann, a Republican, to win reelection.
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