Angela Merkel fractures pelvis in ski fall

BBC News ^ | 6 January 2014 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has fractured a bone in her pelvis in a cross-country skiing accident in Switzerland, her spokesman says.

She will have to remain lying down as much as possible in the next three weeks and several visits will be cancelled, Steffen Seibert said.

She also suffered heavy bruising in the accident, in the alpine Engadine region of eastern Switzerland.

Ms Merkel was not skiing fast at the time, the spokesman added.

He called the injury "severe bruising linked with a partial fracture on the left, rear part of the pelvis".

Immediately after the accident, during the Christmas...

Ms Merkel still intends to chair a cabinet meeting on Wednesday - the first gathering of all her coalition ministers. She is now walking with the aid of crutches.

But mostly she will be working from home. She has cancelled a trip to Poland this week and will not receive Luxembourg's new prime minister Xavier Bettel in Berlin, the spokesman said.

[SunkenCiv]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel skiing in St Moritz with bodyguards during a Christmas break 22 Dec 13

[SunkenCiv]

Sez she wasn’t skiing at the time.

[Red Badger]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has fractured a bone in her pelvis

I THOUGHT THE PELVIS WAS A BONE.............

[Red Badger]

Sez she wasn’t skiing at the time.

No, she was FALLING......................

[Blood of Tyrants]

not skiing fast at the time of the accident.

[altsehastiin]

The NSA has already looked at the X-rays, and say it’s not a big deal.

[God luvs America]

bad month for germans no the ski slope- first Michael Schumacher now Merkel...

[Cowboy Bob]

I thought weebles only wobbled.

[Alex Murphy]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has fractured a bone in her pelvis in a cross-country skiing accident in Switzerland, her spokesman says....She also suffered heavy bruising in the accident, in the alpine Engadine region of eastern Switzerland. Ms Merkel was not skiing fast at the time, the spokesman added.

What did she do - ski off a cliff?

[nascarnation]

Post of the day, LMAO.

[3boysdad]

Well when you break it, now it becomes two bones! Ba da ding!

[Alex Murphy]

No, she was FALLING......................

The fall does nothing. It's the sudden stop that hurts you.

[KarlInOhio]

I THOUGHT THE PELVIS WAS A BONE.............

Two hip bones plus the sacrum in the back.

[Mastador1]

The NSA has already looked at the X-rays, and say it’s not a big deal.

However they did notice a shadow on her colon that they thought she should have checked out.

[KarlInOhio]

The NSA has already looked at the X-rays, and say it’s not a big deal.

Life Alert NSA edition will not only listen to your yells for help, but can also detect your cell phone's accelerometer and GPS and alert your country's national health service before you even hit the ground.

[tbpiper]

‘Germans’ and ‘skiing’ is not a good mix rith now.

[C210N]

After skiing, after the fall, and after the sudden stop...

[dfwgator]

Not a good few weeks for Germans on skis.

[Responsibility2nd]

W. is flying over to Germany as we FReep to render massage therapy.

[dfwgator]

bad month for germans no the ski slope- first Michael Schumacher now Merkel...

If I were on the German Olympic Ski team, I'd be real nervous right now.