Mary Peltola Injured in Crash, Delays Campaign Stops

Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola and members of her family sustained minor injuries in a multivehicle crash on Saturday, prompting her campaign to postpone stops in Fairbanks and Bethel, according to her campaign and Anchorage police. Peltola’s campaign said another vehicle struck the car transporting her family as they traveled to the Alaska Federation of Natives annual banquet. Campaign manager Cheryl Bruce said Peltola received medical attention and that the family was in good spirits. The campaign attributed changes to the schedule to advice from medical professionals and said the postponed events would be rescheduled for later in the week. Anchorage police said officers responded to a multivehicle collision at about 6:55 p.m. Saturday. Police said Peltola’s family and an occupant of a second vehicle were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. An occupant of a third vehicle declined medical transport. Police said the circumstances of the collision remained under investigation. The campaign said Peltola would resume events Tuesday with a stop in Homer. That announcement followed the postponement of the Fairbanks and Bethel appearances, which were...