It’s a sad day in the White House. But this is a very strange story.
A lobbyist for the energy industry was found dead in her sport utility vehicle early Monday. The lobbyist, Ashley Turton, 37, a regulatory affairs analyst for Progress Energy, which is based in North Carolina, appeared to have been backing out of her garage when her car hit it and caught fire. She is the wife of Daniel Turton, White House deputy director for legislative affairs for the House of Representatives.
That’s a bit of an odd sentence construction, but I guess “it” is the garage. So, she hit her own garage as she attempted to back out of it and then somehow was unable to extract herself from her car after it caught fire. You’ll have to excuse me if I have trouble envisioning how that actually played out. It would certainly qualify as a total freak accident.
I’d like to see some more details on this incident. My condolences to Mr. Turton and the whole White House team. It’s been a rough couple of days.