Trump surgeon general pick involved in gun accident that killed her father at age 13

Nominee Dr Janette Nesheiwat knocked over gun in 1990, causing it to fire and fatally shoot father in the head

Donald Trump's nominee for US surgeon general - Dr Janette Nesheiwat - accidentally knocked over a gun when she was 13 years old, causing it to fire and fatally shoot her father in the head.

The death of Nesheiwat's father occurred in February 1990 at her family home in Umatilla, Florida, as reported on Friday by the New York Times.