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Kerry breaks leg in bike crash; ends overseas trip early
AP Hosted ^
| May 31, 2015
| BRADLEY KLAPPER
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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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cycling; femur; hanoijohn; hipreplacement; johnkerry; kerry; nitwit; secstate; tehranjohn; tourdefrance; traitor
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To: Texas Eagle
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:24:48 AM PDT
by
COUNTrecount
(Race Baiting...... "It's What's For Breakfast")
To: COUNTrecount
He’ll be ok ha won’t have to use Obamacare.
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:27:18 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
This man served in Vietnam! For the wrong side!
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:27:59 AM PDT
by
immadashell
(The inmates are running the asylum.)
To: silverleaf
To: All
“...The secretary is stable and never lost consciousness...”
He fell on his ass, not his head.......Oh wait...never mind...
45
posted on
05/31/2015 7:30:32 AM PDT
by
Boonie
("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
To: COUNTrecount
Maybe Obama was trying to pull a “Ron Brown” on him, but being the incompetent boob he is the only thing he did was pay somebody to push over Kerry's bike.
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:31:17 AM PDT
by
apillar
To: cincinnati65
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:31:34 AM PDT
by
COUNTrecount
(Race Baiting...... "It's What's For Breakfast")
To: COUNTrecount
That is tough bike to ride...it’s a girl’s model.
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:34:51 AM PDT
by
immadashell
(The inmates are running the asylum.)
To: cincinnati65
I thought all those European countries had world-class socialized medicine. Too bad they didn't send him to the UK...for a ride on the "Liverpool Pathway"
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:40:55 AM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: COUNTrecount
isn’t it a sad state of things that we will know more about Kerry’s accident than we will know about the Benghazi murders ?
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:41:50 AM PDT
by
llevrok
(To liberals, Treason Is the New Patriotism)
To: cincinnati65
So the accident occurred in France, and he was taken to Switzerland for treatment, but is now coming home to Boston? Does Obamacare cover all that?
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:42:09 AM PDT
by
mac_truck
(Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
To: COUNTrecount
I don’t have anything nice to say.
To: Ace the Biker
Maybe they will send in Marie Harf for comic relief. Literally LOL'd!
.
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:45:35 AM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: COUNTrecount
Was that bicycle assembled in Iran?
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:46:57 AM PDT
by
tflabo
(Truth or tyranny)
To: COUNTrecount
To: COUNTrecount
Sorry to hear that. I hope the bike was okay.
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:50:23 AM PDT
by
boycott
To: COUNTrecount
He’s working on the upgrade from Journeyman Schmuck to Full Schmuck.
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:54:33 AM PDT
by
pabianice
(LINE)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Big LOL. Post of the day, IMO.
To: pabianice
A ‘Roads’ Scholar he ain’t. Better keep to the water sports.
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posted on
05/31/2015 8:03:43 AM PDT
by
tflabo
(Truth or tyranny)
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