Marcy Kaptur was taken to an area hospital Sunday morning after a hit-skip crash in Toledo. Toledo Police said the crash happened around 10:45 a.m. on N. Detroit near Central Ave., and two people were taken to the hospital for injuries described as non-life-threatening.
The congresswoman was among those injured, according to officials at the scene. Investigators said the case was still in its early stages, with details about what led up to the crash and what followed still undisclosed.
Toledo Police on N. Detroit
Police described the crash as a hit-skip, which means a driver left the scene after the collision. That leaves the immediate focus on locating the driver and sorting out the sequence of events before the crash, rather than on a completed account of how it happened.
Investigators had not said whether Kaptur was a passenger or a driver. That leaves the circumstances of her injury unresolved, even as the hospital trip shows she was among the people taken in for care. Marcy Kaptur says Doe Clean Energy Grant Lawsuit admits political terminations
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur
The crash involved a sitting member of Congress and sent two people for medical evaluation on a Sunday morning in Toledo. For anyone affected by the scene, the practical issue now is whether police identify the vehicle and the person who left before the investigation can move beyond the first report.
What led up to the crash and whether the driver who left the scene has been found are the questions left open by Toledo Police.
