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Editor: Bob Battle
Profession: DUI Defense Lawyer

Category: DUI DUIrony

As if things weren't going badly enough for Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, there was more bad news last weekend, this time, on the home front.

On January 11, his oldest daughter, Cate, was struck from behind in her vehicle by an alleged drunk driver in Chapel Hill, N.C. She suffered no injuries but her Ford sedan sustained $2,000 in damage from the rear-end hit, according to ABC News.

"I talked to Cate," Edwards said from Michigan, where he was campaigning in the Michigan primary. "She was hit from behind, I think, by a drunk driver... I don't know much more beyond than that, but she's doing fine."

The Edwards Lost a Son in a Vehicle Accident in 1996

Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth lost their son, Wade in a 1996 accident when strong winds swept his vehicle off a North Carolina highway. Weeks before the accident, Wade was honored by then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton for an essay he wrote on entering the voting booth with his father.

ABC affiliate WTVD in Raleigh Durham reported the car Cate was driving was struck as she approached a red light. The station said Chapel Hill Police charged 45-year-old Carol Small with driving while intoxicated.

Edwards is a former U.S. Senator from North Carolina who sponsored over 200 bills while serving in the U.S. Senate, according to Wikipedia. His family is based in Chapel Hill. Following the New Hampshire primary in early January, Cate, 25, returned home to North Carolina. She is a Harvard Law School student but campaigned for her father in Iowa and New Hampshire.