Ashley Turton Found Dead

Ashley Turton

Ashley Turton, Congressional Affairs Director, Found Dead In Burning Car . 


Ashley Turton, director of congressional affairs for Progress Energy, was found dead in a burning car Monday morning in Washington, Politico reports. Turton's husband is White House deputy director of House legislative affairs, Dan Turton.

According to the Washington Post, "a preliminary investigation indicated that the car crashed into the garage of a home in the 800 block of A Street SE."

People in that area  say the fire started at approximately 5:00 AM. "[Metropolitan Police Lt. Nicholas] Breul said fire officials were at the scene two minutes after neighbors dialed 911. The firefighters discovered Turton’s body inside the car, when the fire was extinguished.

 

Turton, 37 and a mother of three, was married to White House Congressional liaison Daniel Turton. She had worked with Progress Energy for more than three years.

“Ashley was a valued employee whose insight and hard work had been critical on so many of our legislative and regulatory issues,” said Progress Energy CEO Bill Johnson in a news release. “She was also a dear friend to many of us and this news is very hard to take. I know we all will keep her husband, children and parents in our thoughts and prayers.”