North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was treated for second-degree burns Friday evening at Northern Regional Hospital “following an incident during a campaign event” in Mount Airy, according to Mike Lonergan, communications director for Robinson’s gubernatorial campaign.
Lonergan added in a statement that Robinson “is in good spirits, appreciates the outpouring of well wishes and is excited to return to the campaign trail tomorrow morning as planned.”
Robinson's burns were the result of an accident at a car show and there was no foul play, a law enforcement source told CNN.
Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina, had made several campaign stops in the state on Friday, according to a previously provided schedule and social media posts. His last stop was the Mayberry Truck Show and Parade in Mount Airy, where the incident occurred.
The campaign did not provide any further details about the incident.
NewsNation was the first to report his hospitalization, which a source close to his campaign confirmed to CNN earlier Friday evening.
Robinson's hospitalization comes amid ongoing fallout from CNN's reporting of the lieutenant governor's past inflammatory comments on a porn website message board.
Many prominent Republicans tried to distance themselves from Robinson in the aftermath, including former President Donald Trump, who did not mention Robinson during a recent campaign stop in North Carolina despite having previously endorsed him.
National Republican groups have also requested financial support for Robinson as several of his campaign officials have resigned and his top staffer is set to resign.
As the embattled candidate continues to campaign, a new CNN poll shows the race slipping away for Robinson. The poll, released Friday and conducted by SSRS after CNN KFile's reporting was published, showed Democrat Josh Stein leading Robinson 53% to 36% among likely voters.
This story has been updated with additional reporting.
CNN's Josh Campbell and Kaanita Iyer contributed to this report.
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