Melissa Ratcliff, ex-Gore aide, dies in accident
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SAN DIEGO (AP) – Melissa Bonney Ratcliff, a one-time aide to former Vice President Al Gore, was killed by an elderly motorist’s out-of-control car in San Diego.
The coroner’s office said the 45-year-old Ratcliff was struck Tuesday afternoon as she got out of her vehicle in the La Jolla area and was pronounced dead at a hospital.
From 1999 to 2000, Ratcliff was deputy director of communications for Gore. She was also a press secretary for the Democratic National Committee.
U-T San Diego reports Gore issued a statement saying Ratcliff was an integral part of the White House team.
Ratcliff, a mother of three, was currently an executive with the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.
A San Diego police spokesman said the accident is under investigation.