North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was treated for second-degree burns at Northern Regional Hospital “following an incident at a campaign event” in Mount Airy Friday night, according to Mike Lonergan, communications director for Robinson’s gubernatorial campaign.
Lonergan added in a statement that Robinson “is in good spirits, appreciates the outpouring of well-wishes and is excited to return to the campaign trail as scheduled tomorrow morning.”
Robinson’s burns stemmed from an accident at a car show and no foul play was involved, a police source told CNN.
Robinson, North Carolina’s Republican nominee for governor, had made several campaign stops around the state on Friday, according to a previous schedule and social media posts. His last stop was the Mayberry Truck Show and Parade in Mount Airy, where the incident occurred.
The campaign has not provided any further details about the incident.
NewsNation was the first to report his hospitalization, which a source close to his campaign confirmed to CNN earlier Friday night.
Robinson’s hospitalization comes amid continued fallout from CNN’s reporting on the lieutenant governor’s previous inflammatory comments on a pornography website message board.
Many prominent Republicans sought to distance themselves from Robinson in the aftermath, including former President Donald Trump, who did not mention Robinson during a recent campaign stop in North Carolina despite having previously endorsed him.
National Republican groups have too drew financial support for Robinson as several of his campaign officials has stepped down and his top staff is set to resign.
As the contending candidate continues to campaign, a new CNN poll shows the race slipping away from Robinson. The poll, released Friday and conducted by SSRS after CNN KFile’s reporting was published, showed Democrat Josh Stein leading Robinson 53% to 36% among likely voters.
This story has been updated with additional reporting.
CNN’s Josh Campbell and Kaanita Iyer contributed to this report.
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