Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves not hurt in 2-vehicle accident in Collins
December 16, 2014adminNewsComments Off on Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves not hurt in 2-vehicle accident in Collins
COLLINS, Mississippi (AP) — Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and his security officer were not injured Monday in a two-vehicle accident in Collins.
The Highway Patrol says Reeves and his security detail were driving a Patrol F150 pickup truck when it collided with a car about 1:45 p.m. on U.S. Highway 49 in Collins.
The patrol says two people in the car were transported to a local hospital for minor, nonlife threatening injuries.
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Many Democrats have been pushing to expand Medicaid or to allow low-income working people to use federal subsidies to buy insurance on the private market.
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