HOMEWOOD, Ala. (AP) — A man fleeing police caused the Alabama car crash that injured Gayle Manchin, head of an economic development partnership of the federal government and 13 state governments and the wife of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, along with a colleague of hers, authorities said Wednesday.
Gayle Manchin is the co-chair of the commission.
“She is now in West Virginia continuing to recover with support from her family.
The chase wound through Homewood and surrounding areas and ended when the fleeing car struck the SUV carrying Gayle Manchin and Land, al.com reported.
Joe Manchin was the governor of West Virginia from 2005 until 2010, when he was elected to the Senate.
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