Michelle Obama Involved in Automobile Crash

While on the campaign trail, Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama, was involved in a crash in Hampton, Iowa.  The van Michelle Obama was traveling in crashed into a motorcycle being driven by 40-year-old Tim Emerson.  Though no one in the Obama van was injured, Emerson, who was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, was transported to a hospital.  The reports also state the collision resulted in the campaign van being totaled and the remaining events of the day for Mrs. Obama being cancelled.