Trump supporter seriously injured in crash

Katie Arrington, a

South Carolina state lawmaker who this month defeated U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford in a House Republican primary, was seriously injured in a car crash Friday night, according to her spokesman.

Arrington and a friend were traveling to Hilton Head, where Arrington was to receive an award from a state medical organization Saturday, spokesman Michael Mule said on the lawmaker’s social media accounts.

“Katie sustained a fracture in her back and several broken ribs, as well as injuries that required

Katie to undergo major surgery including the removal of a portion of her small intestine and a portion of her colon,” a Facebook post said. “Additionally, the main artery in her legs has a partial collapse and will require a stent.”

Arrington and her friend, Jacqueline Goff, 59, were traveling south when another driver traveling in the wrong direction hit their vehicle, Capt. Roger Antonio of the Charleston County Sheriff ’s Office said in a statement. The driver of the other vehicle died.

Arrington, 47, upset Sanford after she ran a relentless campaign that took aim at his criticism of President Donald Trump.

On Saturday, Trump tweeted that his “thoughts and prayers” were with Arrington and those involved in the crash.