Posted on 05/31/2015 1:47:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Secretary of State John Kerry suffered a broken leg in a bike accident in France early Sunday, and will return to the U.S. for treatment, the State Department said.
The cycling accident occurred near Scionzier, France, about 25 miles from Geneva, where Kerry had been holding nuclear talks with Iran's foreign minister, Javad Zarif.
Kerry was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Geneva in a stable condition, and is said to be in good spirits.
State Department spokesman John Kirby said Kerry had suffered a broken femur, but is expected to make a full recovery.
"Given the injury is near the site of his prior hip surgery, he will return to Boston today to seek treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital with his doctor who did the prior surgery," Kirby said.
He said the Secretary of State never lost consciousness, and was grateful to the French and Swiss doctors and nurses who assisted him.
Paramedics and a physician were in Kerry's motorcade at the time of the accident, Kirby said.
Kerry was due to head to Madrid on Sunday for talks with Spain's king and prime minister, before attending a meeting in Paris on Tuesday with coalition members battling ISIS.
Kirby said Kerry was planning to partake in Tuesday's meeting remotely.
Just wished we were reading about how he broke his neck!
'Spose Mossad rigged his bike?
Is it Fatal?
This I do not get. How did he break his leg exactly? Do we know?
Half a feel good story of the day...should have broke his effin neck.
His intellect, rationality, critical thinking and judgment centers were broken many, many years ago in this wealthy, kept-man traitor.
Baraq rolled over.....
Goes with his broken brain.
The talks are minions talking to minions... While the “face” is out bike riding.
He keeps racking up the Purple Hearts ... femur is on the top 5 list of “bones you don’t want to break”.
There’s another post here somewhere that stated something about hitting a curb and a busted femur.
Bike riding in your 70’s may not be a wise choice of exercise. Recovery of a broken femur at 71 will be long and agonizing.
Glad he’s ok.
This is mean...but it probably would have been a tiny bit funny seeing him in the bike crash.
How many Purple Hearts did he earn this time?
He should step down..
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How’s the bike ???
#BikeLivesMatter...
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