Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann on Wednesday morning collapsed while presiding over the state Senate chamber.
Medical staff tended to him as he appeared to be conscious and was sitting upright shortly after he fell. Later, Hosemann was seen walking out of the Capitol flanked by staff and security and he got in a government vehicle, not one of two AMR ambulances that had been stationed outside.
A few minutes before 11 a.m. on Tuesday, as the Senate was about to take up its final appropriation bills for the day, Hosemann slumped over his podium and microphone, then fell to one side. The Legislature quickly removed a video recording of Senate proceedings that showed the incident.
Senate staff had quickly cleared the chamber of people other than Senators after he fell.
No details on Hosemann’s condition were immediately available.
This story will be updated as details become available.
-- Article credit to Taylor Vance and Michael Goldberg for Mississippi Today --
