THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Vice President
For Immediate Release
February 15, 2010
STATEMENT FROM JAY CARNEY, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT
Below is a statement from Jay Carney, Communications Director for Vice President Biden, regarding a motor vehicle incident earlier today
in Vancouver.
“Earlier this afternoon, a van in the Vice President’s
motorcade carrying members of the official US Olympic Games Delegation was involved in a minor accident while traveling to an event. Two
members of the delegation, Peggy Fleming and Vonetta Flowers, received
minor injuries and were taken to a local hospital as a precaution. They were both evaluated and have since been released. Neither the Vice President nor anyone else in his party was involved in the incident.”
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