Ron DeSantis involved in car accident: Employee injured after four vehicles in a motorcade collided in Tennessee traffic
- The governor was in a car accident while traveling to an event in Chattanooga, his campaign tells
- “He and his team are unharmed,” confirmed the campaign spokesman
- According to the police, four cars in the motorcade accompanying the governor collided
2024 presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis was involved in a car accident in Tennessee, his campaign campaign confirmed to .
“This morning the governor was in a car accident while traveling to an event in Chattanooga, Tennessee,” DeSantis campaign press secretary Bryan Griffin told on Tuesday.
“He and his team are unharmed,” Griffin continued. “We appreciate the nation’s prayers and well wishes for his continued protection during the campaign.”
A Chattanooga Police Department spokesman confirmed that a DeSantis employee suffered minor injuries after four cars in the motorcade escorting the governor collided following a traffic slowdown. The governor and his team continued their campaign fundraiser following the accident that occurred on I-75 South near the 2.8 mile marker.
The Florida governor and his team were involved in the crash while en route to an event in Chattanooga, Tennessee. DeSantis is expected to hold three statewide fundraisers this morning and into the evening.
Ron DeSantis was involved in a car accident in Tennessee
It wasn’t immediately clear how many employees were traveling with the governor, or if his wife, Casey, was with him.
DeSantis has been campaigning intensely since changing his staff and overall media strategy over the past few weeks.
The governor has conducted several fundraisers in Tennessee so far in July and attended the Tennessee GOP Statesman Dinner last week.
He’s taking a tour of the southern states this week, then heading back to Iowa to continue his “Never Back Down” bus tour of the early election state.
Iowa is the first stop the governor will make as he ramps up his bus tour to New Hampshire, South Carolina and other early voting states.
DeSantis is also expected to speak at the Iowa Republican Lincoln Day Dinner in Des Moines on Friday.
He received support Monday from the Florida Police Chiefs Association (FPCA), an organization that previously backed his opponent, former President Donald Trump.
According to a poll, Trump is still the clear leader in a poll of Republicans in New Hampshire.
Florida Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference Tuesday, July 18 at the Celebrate Freedom Foundation hangar in West Columbia, SC
Trump had to lose his lead over DeSantis in a direct duel
The battle for the Republican nomination is currently a race between Trump and DeSantis. But both have seen rivals diminish their numbers among New Hampshire primary voters
Though DeSantis remains in second place, it fell from 18 percent in April to 15 percent in July, according to the poll conducted by JL Partners.
Overall, the poll of 591 registered Republicans and others planning to run for a primary shows Trump receives 42 percent support, up from 51 percent in April.
However, Trump’s lead over the field has shrunk by six points since April. He also slips in one-on-one fights.
His lead over DeSantis decreases by three points. In April he led by 53 to 33 points. Now it’s 50 to 33 points.