Wife and daughter of US senator injured in car crash

Wife and daughter of US senator injured in car crashOffice of senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has confirmed that his wife and daughter were taken to a Washington-area hospital for treatment on Thursday after a car crash.

The Washington Post reported that Jon Summers, a spokesman for Sen. Reid, D-Nev., said in a statement that Reid's wife, Landra, 69, and his daughter, Lana Reid-Barringer, 48, sustained serious but not life-threatening injuries.

The statement said "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."

The Post further said that Landra Reid and Reid-Barranger were being treated at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va. The drivers of two other vehicles involved in the collision were being transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Harry Reid, who is expected to return to Senate on Thursday evening, was called out of a meeting and rushed to the hospital. (With Inputs from Agencies)