--- title: Ben Carson Volunteer Dies After Iowa Car Crash description: A volunteer for Ben Carson's campaign has died after a car crash Tuesday afternoon in Iowa. canonical: https://time.com/4186324/ben-carson-volunteer-dies-after-iowa-car-crash/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-20T01:10:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:16:08.533Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ben Carson Volunteer Dies After Iowa Car Crash og:description: A volunteer for Ben Carson's campaign has died after a car crash Tuesday afternoon in Iowa. og:url: https://time.com/4186324/ben-carson-volunteer-dies-after-iowa-car-crash/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c4171ca84817bd1/698879b5524fc01c83df659d/ben-carson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: GOP Presidential Candidates Debate In Charleston og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ben Carson Volunteer Dies After Iowa Car Crash twitter:description: A volunteer for Ben Carson's campaign has died after a car crash Tuesday afternoon in Iowa. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c4171ca84817bd1/698879b5524fc01c83df659d/ben-carson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ben Carson Volunteer Dies After Iowa Car Crash  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 20, 2016 1:10 AM UTC  Ben Carson participates in the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center on Jan. 14, 2016 in North Charleston, S.C. Ben Carson participates in the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center on Jan. 14, 2016 in North Charleston, S.C.Scott Olson—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 20, 2016 1:10 AM UTC A volunteer for Ben Carson’s campaign has died after a car crash Tuesday afternoon in Iowa. 25-year-old Braden Joplin and three other people working for Carson hit an icy patch of road near Atlantic, Iowa earlier Tuesday, flipping their van and then getting hit by another vehicle, the campaign said in a [statement](http://time.com/4185723/carson-iowa-car-crash-campaign/) earlier Tuesday. According to a statement from Nebraska Medicine news release send out by the Carson campaign, Joplin died at around 4:30 p.m. local time. Joplin was brought to Nebraska Medical Center in critical condition, while the other three people were treated and released from a hospital in Atlantic. Carson suspended his campaign events for the day. Carson will meet with Joplin’s family when he arrives in Omaha Tuesday evening. > [](https://twitter.com/RealBenCarson/status/689615436376334336) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4186324/ben-carson-volunteer-dies-after-iowa-car-crash/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4186324/ben-carson-volunteer-dies-after-iowa-car-crash/"},"headline":"Ben Carson Volunteer Dies After Iowa Car Crash","datePublished":"2016-01-20T01:10:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:16:08.533Z","description":"He was injured in a car accident earlier in the day","url":"https://time.com/4186324/ben-carson-volunteer-dies-after-iowa-car-crash/","keywords":["Dr. Benjamin S. 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