Image via Jennifer Jacobs
President Trump’s motorcade was involved in a accident on Interstate 10 near Lake Charles in Louisiana Tuesday afternoon.
President Trump’s vehicle is fine, however, three officers who are a part of the motorcade are down and injured.
According to CBS, the circumstances of the crash were not immediately clear.
“I saw 3 officers down on Interstate 10 near Lake Charles as Trump motorcade headed to Hackberry. One in grassy ditch, sitting up. One flat on his back on highway shoulder, bleeding. A third standing up, bleeding from his arm. Our whole side of highway was closed to traffic,” WH correspondent for Bloomberg News Jennifer Jacobs reported.
I saw 3 officers down on Interstate 10 near Lake Charles as Trump motorcade headed to Hackberry.
One in grassy ditch, sitting up. One flat on his back on highway shoulder, bleeding. A third standing up, bleeding from his arm.
Our whole side of highway was closed to traffic. pic.twitter.com/LAFvIlmwww
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) May 14, 2019
President Trump departed the White House Tuesday morning to travel to Louisiana to tour and give a speech at a natural gas export facility.
The President reportedly ripped into Democrat 2020 candidates during his speech in Louisiana Tuesday, calling Bernie Sanders “crazy” and slammed Pocahontas for her low poll numbers.
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