Wife of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is seriously injured in 4-vehicle accident

Reid’s wife seriously injured in 4-vehicle wreck

WASHINGTON — Officials say the wife of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is in serious condition after a truck slammed into the back of the vehicle she and her daughter were riding on Interstate 95.

A spokesman for the senator says 69-year-old Landra Reid broke her back, neck and nose in the accident. She is being treated at Inova Fairfax Hospital in suburban Virginia.

The spokesman says the couple’s adult daughter, Lana, was also hurt in the four-vehicle accident but that she is expected to be released from the hospital Thursday evening.

Sen. Reid visited the hospital and then returned to Capitol Hill for a meeting with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. His spokesman says Reid is now back at the hospital.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s wife and daughter were being treated in a hospital Thursday for serious injuries they sustained when their vehicle was rear-ended by a truck, a spokesman said.

Reid’s wife, Landra, 69, broke her back and neck in the accident, Reid spokesman Jim Manley said.

She and the couple’s adult daughter, Lana, were being treated at Inova Fairfax Hospital in suburban Virginia. Neither woman’s injuries appeared to be life-threatening, Manley said.

“While driving on a Washington, D.C., highway, their vehicle was rear-ended by a semi-truck,” Manley said in a statement.

“Mrs. Reid has a broken nose, broken back and broken neck. Lana has a neck injury and facial lacerations. Both Mrs. Reid and Lana are conscious, can feel their extremities, and according to doctors their injuries are non-life threatening,” Manley said. “Sen. Reid has been to the hospital and appreciates the support he and his family are receiving from Nevadans and his colleagues in the Senate.”

Reid later returned to Capitol Hill, where he was meeting with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on efforts to pass health care legislation. He planned to return to the hospital after the meeting, Manley said.

Reid, 70, met Landra while they both were attending Basic High School in Henderson, Nev. They were married in 1959. Lana was born two years later. The Reids also have four sons: Rory, Leif, Josh and Key.