(La Porte, IN) - A former mayor of La Porte wound up in the hospital last evening after struck by a motor vehicle on her bicycle.
Blair Milo was crossing D St. on her bicycle just before 6 p.m. when struck by a 2013 Volkswagen Jetta that was turning left onto D St. from 1st St., according to La Porte Police.
According to family members, the 42 year old Milo wound up on the hood of the vehicle operated by Cheyenne Hester, 26, also of La Porte.
Police said Milo was taken by ambulance to Northwest Health with swelling to her left knee and injuries to her left shoulder and arm.
According to family members, she was released a few hours later with her arm in a sling but no broken bones.
Police said Hester failing to yield the right of way was a factor in the collision. Hester was also cited for not having insurance on her vehicle.
Milo became the youngest mayor in the city’s history when elected in 2011.
After reelected in 2015, she was more than a year into her second term when she left to become the state’s first Secretary for Career Connections and Talent under then Governor Eric Holcomb.
She also served as a member of Holcomb’s cabinet working to shape education and workforce training for a 21st Century workforce.
Milo, a U.S. Navy veteran, later stepped down from that position and ran for Congress in 2022 but lost in the republican primary.
