Kane injured in car accident, AG's office says

HARRISBURG - Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane is recuperating from a mild concussion after an early-morning car accident last week, her office said Friday.

The accident occurred in a Scranton suburb while Kane was being driven by her security detail to "morning appointments," said spokeswoman Renee Martin.

"She's on the mend," Martin said.

Martin said the agent who was driving dropped his iPad on the floor of Kane's state-issued Chevrolet Tahoe, reached down to grab it, and accidentally hit a parked car on a residential street in Dunmore.

Kane was not wearing a seat belt, said Martin, although the police report said she as well as the two members of her security detail were wearing shoulder and seat belts. Martin said the office was working on correcting the report.

The police report described the street as dark and the roadway as wet from rain. It did not say how fast Kane's SUV was traveling, but the speed limit on the street was 15 m.p.h. The accident occurred shortly before 7 a.m.

Neither Kane nor the other two passengers were transported to the hospital by emergency medical personnel, according to the police report. Kane did go to the emergency room subsequently, Martin said. The agents who were in the car with her at the time of the accident drove her there.

The accident occurred Oct. 21. Kane is a Scranton native.

Asked why Kane waited 10 days to release the information, Martin said the office decided to do so after news organizations inquired about it.