John Kerry Suffers Broken Leg in Bike Accident in France

NBC News ^ | 5/31 | SHAWNA THOMAS, NANCY ING and MATTHEW GRIMSON

[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.

[fella]

Like flies on the face, the omens just keep coming for this administration.

[alloysteel]

Herself, Madame Benghazi, the Cold & Joyless, may have to be recalled to fill in as SoS while Jean-Francois Kerre` undergoes recovery.

In other news, the prestige of that territory once known as “the United States of America” rose sharply throughout the civilized world.

Everybody else just said “Hunh!”, inflected with a look of mild confusion.

[NonValueAdded]

Oh, great, another Purple Heart.

No, series. Watch him claim that as a gubermint employee, he is entitled.

[Bluestocking]

The most prominent members of the Democratic party — Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, Joe Biden, and John Kerry — have become international laughingstocks.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Haha...the putz is a klutz.

[867V309]

Ginjus Con would have kept on riding.

[Texas Fossil]

He got 3 Purple Hearts (aka as his “purple owies”)

[Baltimore ken]

As much as the pompous ass puts his foot in his mouth, I’m surprised he didn’t break a leg decades ago.

[Baltimore ken]

Would you settle for her riding a broom?

[leprechaun9]

Instead of carrying Hitlery’s RESET BUTTON, maybe
we should be putting training wheels on
his bicycle(cartoon needed)!

[eyedigress]

Thanks for that flashback of idiocy.

The man is an idiot. I really don’t care how he was taken out of action, God provides.

[The Cajun]

The man is an idiot. I really don’t care how he was taken out of action

Fear not, they have Marie Harf to replace him..........................

[BlueMondaySkipper]

It must be nice to fly home on your employers dime to see a specialist of your choice, rather than partaking in the socialized medicine that is available locally. You know, the one you want to force everyone else into.

What a hypocrite

[BigOrangeI]

It was a Harley, right??

[eyedigress]

[Bigg Red]

Recovery of a broken femur at 71 will be long and agonizing.

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Only for a couch potato, I suspect.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Must have run over Harry Reid’s “exercise strap”.

[60Gunner]

Training wheels fall off?

[showme_the_Glory]

Yeah, he better stick to yachting, poor bustard.