President Bishop Hospitalized After Security Traffic Incident With Motorcade in Downtown Tofino

The suspect's pickup truck after striking into President Bishop's motorcade vehicle. The President's driver was killed, while she and four others were injured. The suspect, a male in his late 50's, was arrested and taken to a separate hospital.

President Anya Bishop has been transported to Tofino Meyer General Hospital in the capital after an incident occurred with her motorcade in Downtown Tofino. According to sources who were in the motorcade as well as people watching the motorcade, a single pickup truck rushed through an intersection and collided head-straight into the front side of the President's personal vehicle. Security personnel quickly scrambled out of their vehicles and rushed to the President's vehicle and escorted her away. The man driving the pickup truck was arrested and taken to a separate hospital, and the driver of Bishop's vehicle is confirmed to have been killed in the crash. The President's direct aide and Senator Pillu Dammian, who were in the vehicle with the President, were slightly injured. Two bystanders were clipped and injured by the truck and also taken to local hospitals.

There is no word from the head of the President's detail on whether or not the incident was intentional, and the President is expected to make a full recovery. She is confirmed to have suffered a broken arm, as she was sitting on the side of the vehicle that was struck by the pickup. The crash occurred shortly after the President had lunch with congressional leaders, including Speaker Foley Sakzi and GLP Leader and new-Presidential candidate Cain Blackwater. She was headed to another scheduled meeting with BCP leaders at a fundraising event in the upscale neighborhood Tirzah when the crash occurred.

The intersection where the crash took place was Zian Avenue and 29th, 28 blocks north from the Congressional Hall.

The suspect in the crash is not having his name released by authorities at the moment, though he is in his late 50's. There are fears that this was a specifically intended attack, as there have been an uptick in threats on Bishop's life in the past few weeks. On April 28th, a suspicious package was delivered to the Presidential Mansion, where a white powdery substance was found but determined to be flour. In March, a man was arrested for plotting to kill Bishop and other IDU leaders at the Tofino Leaders Summit. That individual was sentenced to 15 years in a federal prison.

Bishop has yet to make a statement on the incident, and this story is still developing.