A California state police officer escorting a motorcade carrying Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada was injured when his motorcycle collided with
a passenger car, US
news media reported.
The patrol officer, whose name has not been released, was hospitalized
late Friday with “moderate” injuries, according to a tweet from the Ventura
County Fire Department.
Trudeau had just left the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi
Valley, near Los Angeles, after delivering a speech in defense of the North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). He was not injured.
The passenger car driver and her son were taken to a hospital as a
precautionary measure. The woman’s husband later told local television station
KABC-TV that the son might have suffered a broken wrist.
The Canadian leader had earlier visited Chicago and San Francisco on his
three-day US swing, and was set to meet Saturday with Los Angeles Mayor Eric
Garcetti, before returning to Ottawa.
In his Friday speech, Trudeau said the trade pact uniting the United
States, Canada and Mexico needs improvements but had brought clear benefits to
all.
The agreement has been the subject of arduous negotiations since
President Donald Trump said the United States would abandon NAFTA unless Mexico
and Canada offered major concessions.
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