Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, who at 80 is the longest-serving woman in the history of the United States Congress, was hospitalized Sunday after the car she was riding in was struck in a hit-and-run crash on her way to a church service in Toledo, Ohio, per Raw Story’s confirmed reporting published two hours ago. A manhunt is underway for the driver who fled the scene.
Kaptur was a passenger in a vehicle struck around 11 a.m. Sunday just before she arrived at a church service. The vehicle that struck the car fled. Toledo police are searching for the driver and the vehicle. Her office confirmed she was hospitalized and receiving treatment, and described her condition without specifying severity. Kaptur has represented Ohio’s 9th Congressional District since 1983, making her 43-year congressional tenure the longest of any woman in American history. She is 80 years old. She was on her way to church.
Kaptur has been one of the more persistent progressive voices in the House during the Trump administration, opposing tariffs, supporting Ukraine, and consistently voting against the administration’s budget proposals. She is in a competitive House district that Republicans have targeted in the 2026 midterms as one of their priority flips. She has survived competitive elections before. She has not previously been hospitalized in a hit-and-run on the way to Sunday services.
Toledo police have not identified a suspect. The investigation is ongoing. Kaptur’s office has not provided a timeline for her return to Washington.
She has served 43 years. She was going to church. Whoever hit the car drove away.
When the longest-serving woman in congressional history is struck in a hit-and-run while going to church, and the driver fled, what exactly is the manhunt looking for?
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Raw Story: Manhunt underway as congresswoman hospitalized in hit-and-run crash on her way to church
