Ben Carson volunteer dies after car accident in Iowa

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last updated 20 January 2016

A 25-year-old Ben Carson campaign volunteer died Tuesday from injuries sustained during a car accident in Iowa.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Carson campaign announced that a van carrying a staffer and three volunteers flipped after hitting a patch of ice. The van was then hit by another vehicle. Braden Joplin, a student at Texas Tech University, was transported to a trauma center in Omaha, where he died, USA Today reports. The other three passengers were treated at a hospital in Atlantic, Iowa, and released. Following the accident, Carson suspended all campaign activities for the day.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.