This was tweeted by a reporter from LifeNews.com a few minutes ago:
If you’re not familiar, @AmericanPapist is Thomas Peters, the young Communications Director for the National Organization for Marriage. We like to mess with Thomas, and disagree with him on pretty much everything, but we very much prefer him safe and healthy. Our best wishes go out to Thomas and his family.
UPDATE: Other sources have led to a note from Thomas’s father on Facebook. It turns out it was a swimming accident, not an auto accident: