{"id":1140,"date":"2010-03-11T17:47:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T01:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2013-03-15T11:10:02","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T18:10:02","slug":"sen-harry-reids-wife-daughter-injured-in-semi-truck-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/1140\/sen-harry-reids-wife-daughter-injured-in-semi-truck-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen Harry Reid’s Wife & Daughter Injured in Semi Truck Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWINGTON, VA – Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid’s wife and daughter were involved in a semi-truck accident in Fairfax County Virginia on northbound Interstate 95 near Exit 166 on Thursday, March 11, about 1:10 p.m. about 14 miles south of Washington D.C. The two were injured when their 2005 Honda Odyssey van was struck in the rear in stop-and-go traffic by a tractor-trailer hauling a load of plastic rolls. The van they were driving struck a third car and the van was crushed on both ends as a result of the impact.<\/p>\n

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US senator Harry Reid's wife and daughter were seriously injured when their car was rear-ended by a tractor trailer on Washington Highway I-95 in Fairfax County Virginia <\/p><\/div>\n

Virginia State Police say that Landra G. Reid, 69, and Lana Reid-Barringer, 48, Sen. Reid’s wife and daughter were seriously injured in the big rig accident. <\/p>\n

A spokesman for Sen. Reid, Jon Summers, said in a statement late Thursday afternoon that Mrs. Reid sustained a broken nose, broken back and broken neck and that his daughter Lana received a neck injury and facial lacerations.<\/p>\n

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Location of semi truck accident on I-95 about 14 miles south of Washington D.C.<\/p><\/div>\n

In the statement, Summers said that both Mrs. Reid and Lana were conscious and were able to feel their extremities. According to doctors their injuries are non-life threatening.<\/p>\n

Both were wearing seatbelts at the time of the accident. They were subsequently transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, VA.<\/p>\n

Police said that Alan W. Snader, 59, of Ohio was the driver of the 18 wheeler.\u00a0 Snader, who was not injured in the accident, was charged with reckless driving.<\/p>\n

Below is a Google Street view of northbound Interstate 95 at Exit 166 where the semi truck accident occurred. Click the mouse and drag it to pan around the scene of the accident.<\/p>\n

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