SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB/Grey Information) - Congressman Greg Steube was injured in an accident at his dwelling, his workers confirmed Wednesday. Steube represents Florida’s seventeenth Congressional District.
Steube’s workplace issued the following assertion through Twitter: “Congressman Steube was concerned in an accident on his property late this afternoon and has sustained a number of accidents. We are going to present extra updates when doable. Please pray for the Congressman and his household.”
A witness who was first on the scene. Darrell Bernard Woodie, was delivering a package deal close to the congressman’s Lakewood Ranch dwelling. Woodie stated that Steube was about 20 toes up on a ladder in opposition to a tree with a chainsaw. That’s when an enormous tree limb crashed into the ladder.
“I instantly rotated and … he was midair.” He was “clearly in ache and he had very restricted motion,” he stated. Woodie stated he known as 911.
Steube was hospitalized. A fellow Republican, Christian Ziegler, heard he was within the hospital however doing effectively and added “Large reduction to listen to.”