https://media.graytvinc.com/images/AP_2054897553191.jpg — Former Florida Rep. Allen West speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority event in Washington, Thursday, June 19, 2014.(AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Former US Rep. Allen West out of hospital after Texas crash

25 May 2020, 21:19

WACO, Texas (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Allen West of Florida has been released from a Texas hospital after suffering a concussion, several fractured bones and cuts in a motorcycle crash.

A post on his Facebook page said he was released Monday.

West was driving back from a rally in Austin focused on reopening the state amid the coronavirus pandemic when the accident occurred Saturday.

West is running for chair of the Republican Party of Texas.

West, a Republican, moved from Florida to Texas after leaving Congress in 2013.