肖恩·奥利弗站在2015年马萨诸塞州新贝德福德市政厅前。照片：杰克·斯皮兰/《新贝德福德光报》通过美联社提供警方称，肖恩·奥利弗因涉嫌酒后驾驶导致车祸被捕。马萨诸塞州副州长共和党候选人肖恩·奥利弗在被捕后数小时于周日宣布暂停竞选。
Shawn Oliver stands in front of City Hall in 2015 in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
肖恩·奥利弗是新贝德福德市议员，也是一名矫正官，他在X平台发文称，他终止竞选是因为“选举太重要，不能被个人事务所掩盖”。
Photograph: Jack Spillane/The New Bedford Light via AP Police said Shawn Oliver was arrested on suspicion of operating under influence of alcohol after a car crash The Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Massachusetts announced the suspension of his campaign on Sunday hours after he was arrested in a suspected drunk-driving crash.
此举是在他的竞选搭档、共和党州长候选人迈克·米诺格表示他要求奥利弗立即暂停竞选，并且“当选后，我将正式要求他辞职”之后发生的。
Shawn Oliver, a city councilor in New Bedford and a corrections officer, said in a post on X he was ending his campaign because “the election is too important to be overshadowed by personal matters”.
“我感到极度失望，”米诺格在X上写道。“酒后驾驶没有任何借口。”警方称，42岁的奥利弗在周六晚间涉及一起车祸后被捕，当时一辆车撞上多辆停靠的车辆后翻车。
The move came after Mike Minogue, his running mate and a Republican gubernatorial candidate, said he asked Oliver to immediately suspend his campaign and that “when elected, I will formally ask for his resignation”.
警方发言人霍莉·亨图恩表示，奥利弗被送往医院治疗伤势，并因涉嫌酒后驾驶机动车、疏忽操作机动车、违反车道标线和超速被捕。此事首次由《新贝德福德光报》报道。
“I am extremely disappointed,” Minogue on X. “There is no excuse for driving under the influence.”Police said Oliver, 42, was arrested after he was involved in a car crash late Saturday involving a vehicle that struck multiple parked vehicles before turning over.
新贝德福德民主党市长乔恩·米切尔表示，针对奥利弗的指控“令人深感担忧”，公众有权从他那里了解事情的经过。
He was taken to the hospital for injuries and arrested on suspicion of operating under the influence of alcohol, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, a marked lanes violation and speeding, said Holly Huntoon, a police spokesperson, in an The arrest was first reported by The New Bedford Light Jon Mitchell, New Bedford’s Democratic mayor, said the allegations against Oliver were “deeply concerning” and that the public deserves to hear from him about what happened.
为求置评，记者给奥利弗留下了语音留言。奥利弗出生并成长于新贝德福德，这是一个位于波士顿以南约60英里（97公里）、人口约10万的城市。他于2023年当选为市议员。
A phone message seeking comment was left for Oliver, who was born and raised in New Bedford, a city of 100,000 people about 60 miles (97km) south of Boston. He was elected to the city council in 2023.
米诺格是一名商人和军队老兵，将在11月3日的选举中对阵现任民主党州长莫拉·赫利。民主党副州长候选人是现任金·迪斯科尔。
Minogue, a businessman and military veteran, faces incumbent Democratic governor Maura Healey on the 3 November ballot. The Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor is incumbent Kim Driscoll.
“肖恩能够活着真是幸运，而且没有无辜的人受伤也很幸运，”奥利弗被捕后，米诺格在X平台上的帖子如是说。
“Shawn is lucky to be alive and lucky that no one innocent was hurt,” said Minogue’s X post after Oliver’s arrest.
副州长的职位在被视为主要是礼仪性的。但该职位的持有人是州长辞职或去世时继任州长的第一顺位人选。
The lieutenant governor’s position in is seen as largely ceremonial. But the officeholder is first in line to become governor if the governor resigns or dies.
奥利弗目前在马萨诸塞州治疗中心的工作岗位上被安排为限制性工作职责，“在审查所有事实和情况期间”，州矫正部门发言人林赛·科科兰在一封电子邮件中表示。该中等安全设施关押着性犯罪者以及被民事认定为具有性危险性的人员。
Oliver has been placed on restricted work duty at his job at the Massachusetts Treatment Center “while all facts and circumstances are reviewed”, said an email from Lindsay Corcoran, a state department of correction spokesperson. The medium-security facility houses sex offenders and people civilly committed as sexually dangerous persons.