U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, after the release of a significant rear-end collision Friday afternoon in Las Vegas highway has been cleared in the hospital, his office said.
Reed suffered rib and hip contusion crash occurred on Interstate 15 about 1:10 pm (Friday), the staff said. He was rushed to the hospital, his security detail, as a precautionary measure. Clan Previously, he was transported by ambulance.
Reed, 72 years old, wearing a seatbelt when the shock, went into the hospital on their own.
Reed officials said the senator's security detail, and other members of the staff have sustained minor injuries, was rushed to hospital for assessment.
Six cars involved in the apparent chain reaction crash, including two Las Vegas police cars and two Capitol police cars, escort Reed. From the scene of the picture shows, the broken glass, bumper damage, some of the vehicles of the deflated tire.
Two lanes closed, four trailers were summoned highway parallel to Las Vegas Boulevard, Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Remi Elliott said.
Reid's office officials said, it is not clear at the time of the collapse, Reed led.
Previously, Reed attended an awards ceremony countries "national" museum in Las Vegas Atomic Testing Museum. The history of the museum's exhibits focus on the development and testing of nuclear bombs.
He is also due to the editorial board of the Spanish newspaper "El Tiempo talk held 14:30 edit Hernando Amaya.
Reid's wife, Landra, first lady Michelle Obama, the time of the accident about events in Las Vegas, but she did not participate, and the event did not mention in her speech.
In March 2010, Reed's daughter, Lana, and his wife injured when tractor trailer hit their minivan when they return shopping trip in Virginia. The Landra left with a broken back, neck and nose and daughter Lana suffered minor injuries.
Since 2007, Majority Leader Harry Reid, he served as state legislator, lieutenant governor, congressman and 5 any Senator, all the time.
Democrats in the Senate, he helped lead the U.S. President Barack Obama's health care reform in 2010, and to consolidate his own re-election later that year, unexpectedly defeated in the Republican wave. Despite early predictions that the Democratic Party in the congressional elections in the most vulnerable, Reid defeated tea party-backed candidate Sharron Angle.
In the past two years, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, Reed has frustrated House Republicans to protect the Obama agenda, and angered Senate Republicans.
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