DeSantis in four-car crash while travelling to campaign event in Tennessee

Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was in a car accident on Tuesday but was not injured, his campaign said (Charlie Neibergall/AP/PA)

US presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis was involved in a multi-car accident on Tuesday in Tennessee but was uninjured as he travelled in a motorcade to a campaign stop for his 2024 presidential bid.

The crash happened before 8.15am when traffic slowed on Interstate 75 in Chattanooga, causing four cars in the motorcade to hit one another, police said.