Howard Dean Car Accident Interrupts His Canadian Radio Interview (AUDIO)

Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean was forced to cut a radio interview short on Tuesday when he got into a car accident.

Dean was visiting Montreal and talking U.S. politics with the city's CJAD radio from a car, when a loud crunch was heard on his end of the phone.

“I’m going to have to -- goodbye. We just got hit by a car,” Dean said, telling the host that everybody in his car was fine. Dean was reportedly not driving the vehicle he was in.

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CJAD's Aaron Rand explained the incident to OpenFile Montreal:

Rand told OpenFile Montreal the interview had just begun when the crash occurred.

"I heard a thud and I figured somebody had just dropped something in the car," he said. "Then I heard somebody say, 'Oh no!'"

Rand said the taping was put on hold until Dean called him back about 20 minutes later. When asked about the crash, Dean said a taxi had hit the car but that he laughed it off.

Dean is not the first politician to drive into trouble while giving an interview in a moving car. In 2010, a speeding Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) was torn away from a live radio hit when a police officer pulled him over in Virginia and asked him to hang up the phone. He got off with a warning.

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Comments

[motherearth13]

12:18 PM on 05/17/2012

Hey Reps/cons/bags...try "reading" the article before you spew your garbage. You wear your ignorance well.

OBAMA/BIDEN 2012!!!

[wyb]

11:34 AM on 05/17/2012

If Dean was not rear ended before, we would have had single payer health care and a million more would still be alive in Iraq.

[designcreature]

11:48 AM on 05/17/2012

You are SO right! Thanks.

[OswegoKayaker]

11:04 AM on 05/17/2012

He wasn't driving and the car he was in was hit by a taxi -- the headline makes it appear that he was on the phone and his inattention caused the accident. Since so many only seem to read headlines (comments seem to be positively gleeful that he "caused" an accident) when he was, in fact, the injured party. It would be more honest and better journalism to hire an editor who can capture an audience without skewing the gist of the article.

[Don Giovanni]

12:10 PM on 05/17/2012

You are absolutely right! F/F!

[QuantProgrammer]

09:17 AM on 05/17/2012

Note to Dean: no texting, talking on cell phones, or sticking your foot in your mouth while you are driving.

[Richard Gates]

09:34 AM on 05/17/2012

He'd have to get it out of his mouth 1st.

[akrazyrunner]

10:02 AM on 05/17/2012

Next time try reading the article
"Dean was reportedly not driving the vehicle he was in."

[DARK STAR]

10:21 AM on 05/17/2012

Careful reading is not required of the TGOP...

[annaaurora]

08:25 AM on 05/17/2012

Oh Howard.

[Hobsonschoice]

02:45 AM on 05/17/2012

"Dean is not the first politician to drive into trouble while giving an interview in a moving car. In 2010, a speeding Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) was torn away from a live radio hit when a police officer pulled him over in Virginia and asked him to hang up the phone. He got off with a warning."

NOT the same at all. Dean was a passenger in the car when it was hit by another car. Very poor journalism...

[gravescanada]

10:30 AM on 05/17/2012

Please do not call other HuffPo Users names. It is not warranted nor appropriate.

[themiddleistheproblem]

11:12 AM on 05/17/2012

You're a horrible person

[WSS61]

08:55 PM on 05/16/2012

The H headline stated "Howard Dean Crashes Into Trouble" is so misleading. I would also say that Dan Lungren's reckless driving stint is not equatable with Howard Dean's car being struck by a Taxi! Very disappointing article.

[jokamachi]

11:43 AM on 05/17/2012

Yeah, that whole literal/figurative thing is so perplexing.

[KeepLeft]

08:38 PM on 05/16/2012

Aaron Rand is still on the air in Montreal? That's great! I used to listen to him (and Tasso Patsikakis) every afternoon. God they were funny. I loved them.

[Allen Clark]

08:25 PM on 05/16/2012

HMMM driving while on the Cell Phone. I wonder if he is supporting the effor to make that illegal or is he a typical democrat that beleives it should be illegal for everybody but him.

[efffox]

08:29 PM on 05/16/2012

Classic projection. Typical rightie!!

[Myrddnn]

08:30 PM on 05/16/2012

Did you notice the part where he WASN'T driving?

[WSS61]

08:56 PM on 05/16/2012

Did YOU notice the part where the Taxi hit his car?

[Salomon Charlotin]

07:09 PM on 05/16/2012

Ou met di sa fo pitit kalson!!!

[dessertsfirst]

06:06 PM on 05/16/2012

Glad it was just a fender bender, Dr. Dean...
Hope you will be able to run for office again someday; the country needs you. Some folks will always bring up against you, your enthusiastic "going to Washington DC" speech. But we need somebody who is enthusiastic in DC representing us. And you understand what the common ordinary man faces on a daily basis; as a physician, you understand health care issues. So, we hope to hear more from you in the future.

[Q45]

08:51 PM on 05/16/2012

My thoughts are tantamount to yours dessertsfirst. f&f

[dessertsfirst]

01:17 AM on 05/17/2012

thanks!
back atcha!
I'm thinking 2016 is about right for Dr. Dean.

[Tribal Knowledge]

05:58 PM on 05/16/2012

EEEEEEEeeeeeAAaaaaaahhhh!!!

[llyd wlsh]

09:18 PM on 05/16/2012

respectful

[zermattski]

05:39 PM on 05/16/2012

heeeeeeeeeeeyaaaaaaa!

[llyd wlsh]

09:19 PM on 05/16/2012

,

[gravescanada]

10:33 AM on 05/17/2012

Who let the dogs out.....Romney

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDwwAaVmnf4

[zermattski]

05:34 PM on 05/16/2012

that wasn't a car crash making that sound, it was the US Obama economy crashing into his car!

[Hopalongpoppyseed]

08:50 PM on 05/16/2012

Hey, you belong on the stage; the next one out of town!

[Dkbny]

09:06 PM on 05/16/2012

The economy isn't growing THAT fast!

[lecapeverdian]

05:31 PM on 05/16/2012

Did i miss something here?Where does it says that mr Dean was the driver or where does it says anything about his family?"No wonder why we keep electing stupide politicians..