Posted on 05/31/2015 6:56:57 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
GENEVA (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg in a bicycle crash Sunday, apparently after hitting a curb, and scrapped the rest of a four-nation trip that included an international conference on combating the Islamic State group.
Kerry was in stable condition and in good spirits as he prepared to return to Boston for further treatment with the doctor who previously operated on his hip, U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said. He said X-rays at a Swiss hospital confirmed that Kerry fractured his right femur.
"The secretary is stable and never lost consciousness, his injury is not life-threatening and he is expected to make a full recovery," Kirby said in a statement.
Kerry, 71, was taken by helicopter to Geneva's main medical center, HUG, after apparently hitting a curb with his bike near Scionzier, France, about 40 kilometers southeast of the Swiss border.
Paramedics and a physician were on the scene with his motorcade at the time and provided him immediate attention. They quickly decided to order the 10-minute-long helicopter transport.
The Dauphine Libere, a local newspaper, said Kerry fell near the beginning of his ride to the famed mountain pass called the Col de la Colombiere, which has been a route for the Tour de France more than a dozen times.
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I’m late to this thread. Found it on Drudge and had to check FR.
“Did he get a Purple Heart?”
I’m sure someone must have already posted that.
They did.
He got a purple leg.
what is it about these addled democracks...and injury accidents??
Hillary chiton falls on her head...Hairy Reed falls on his FACE...and now John Kerrys taken the big tumble??
Will Hillary stand in for him ?
Rumor has it, Jean F. Karre was looking for that place in France where the women wear no pants.
What's he trying to prove to the world...that he can still cut the mustard?
Leni
Holy crap, how do you break a femur? That isn’t a minor leg break, that is pretty traumatic.
the morons riding a bike with wide handlebars and using only ONE Hand to direct the bike?
BRILLIANT maneuver,,simply brilliant
Good dog!!!
another self-inflicted ‘wound’?
The Massachusetts hero takes another one for America!
Looks like he’s gonna need some extra room on the mantel for his 4th Purple Heart.
Geez the rich do everything different
Note also - he was cycling in France, but was taken by helicopter to a Swiss hospital.
Love your post, it says it all as far as I’m concerned! I would like to know how much the taxpayers are stuck w/ after all of his medical bills, etc. are counted????!!!! I bet it’s a NICE piece of change.......
I’ll bet he wasn’t riding a Schwinn, probably
some two or three thousand dollar version.
He served in Viet Nam you know.
Well, what happened was, the French paramedics picked him up and they were making very rude comments about stupid American tourists, not realizing Kerry is very fluent in French and understood what they were saying. So he had his security team ‘copter him to Switzerland, just in case...
Well, maybe not the mustard.
Will he get the new order of the purple lips for his injury
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