PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A frequent Rhode Island political candidate and activist died in a car crash that occurred after he had a likely heart attack while he was driving home from testifying at the State House.
Christopher Young’s vehicle drove onto the shoulder and rolled over just before 9 p.m. Tuesday on Route 95 in Cranston, according to a statement by state police.
Young, 51, was pronounced dead at Rhode Island Hospital. Two family members were slightly injured.
Young’s wife, Kara, posted on Facebook that he experienced a “medical event,” probably a heart attack, on their way home from State House after testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, the Providence Journal reported.
Young, his wife and their 6-year-old daughter had testified Tuesday evening in favor of a resolution that would recognize “the fetus as a human life upon the existence of a heartbeat.”
The conservative activist ran a dozen times for political office, including for the U.S. House, the state General Assembly and mayor of Providence.
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