Election worker injured in crash while delivering ballots in Detroit, police say

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(CBS DETROIT) - An election worker was hospitalized after being involved in a single-vehicle crash while delivering ballots Tuesday night in Detroit.

Detroit police say the crash happened in the area of W. Grand Boulevard and Linwood Street. The worker suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Police say they waited at the scene for election workers to pick up the ballots.

Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey says the ballots were retrieved and were inside a locked transfer case. Data stored on a memory card was also retrieved and delivered to the Department of Elections.

Police did not release any additional information at this time.

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