Posted on 01/10/2011 9:37:40 AM PST by ColdOne
A veteran Congressional aide who worked most recently as a lobbyist and was married to White House legislative affairs senior official was found dead in her car Monday behind the couple’s Capitol Hill home following a low-speed car crash and subsequent fire.
Ashley Turton, whose husband, Dan, is the White House’s deputy director of legislative affairs for the U.S. House, died in the early-morning incident in the garage behind 800 A Street, NE, friends, her employer and Congressional leadership aides said. City fire and police units responded to the vicinity of the home at about 5 A.M. Monday, according to fire department spokesman Pete Piringer.
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A lot of interesting people are winding up dead in 2011.
Condolences to the family.
If she’s a Democrat, it must be Palin’s fault.
That is extremely bizarre. About as weird as the Wheeler case.
Chicagocide?
Was she a lobbyist for progress energy the company currently in merger talks?
Looks like Obama has been busy.
“Turton has three young children, four-year old twins and a two-year old.”
Prayers for her family, especially the children who lost their mommy.
Authorities have not determined the exact cause of the crash or why the car caught fire. Neighbors say Ashley Turton was heading to airport for an early flight.
“The leading theory is accidental [that] the car crashed through the garage doors and…was found on fire in the garage area,” Piringer said, adding that the incident is under joint investigation by the fire and police departments. “There were some unusual circumstances – just the way the car was, low-speed, significant fire, things like that….For the most part, the fire was confined to the area of origin.”
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Turton has three young children, four-year old twins and a two-year old. Her family also has been dealing with a brother, Blair Westbrook, who suffered severe brain injury last summer in a motorcycle accident.
Strange, very strange. Prayers for the family
Yep
Oh my. Prayers for her family.
Yes, I agree. Condolences to the family, friends, and co-workers. I hate to see parents of young children die, when they are needed so much by them. This will scar those kids for life.
Adults can deal with it, even though it will be tough, but those kids will replay this until the day they pass on.
Wow, Good Call
“Ashley Turton, director of congressional affairs for Progress Energy, was found dead in a burning car Monday morning in Washington, Politico reports. Turton’s husband is White House deputy director of House legislative affairs, Dan Turton.”
More to come...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/10/ashley-turton-dead-car_n_806780.html
You mean Bush isn’t a person of interest?
A “low speed” accident in the “garage” caused a “fire”. Doesn’t make sense thereagain I’m no mechanic.
Prayers up for the family.
Somebody blew that woman up.
“Love is never having to say you lobby”
Chris Frates
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20153.html
Progress Energy
http://progressenergy.com/section5/contact.html
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