Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media outdoors Manhattan federal court docket in New York, Jan. 3, 2025.
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Former New York Metropolis Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized with a damaged vertebrae after a automotive accident, his spokesperson stated on Sunday.
Giuliani, 81, was touring on a freeway in New Hampshire when his automotive was “struck from behind at excessive velocity,” stated Michael Ragusa, who can be his head of safety.
“He was transported to a close-by trauma middle, the place he was identified with a fractured thoracic vertebrae, a number of lacerations and contusions, in addition to accidents to his left arm and decrease leg,” Ragusa wrote on social media. “His enterprise associate and medical supplier have been promptly contacted and arrived on the hospital to supervise his care.”
Though Giuliani was injured, he’s “in good spirits and recovering tremendously,” he stated. The incident was not a “focused assault,” Ragusa added, and requested individuals to “chorus from spreading unfounded conspiracy theories.”
Giuliani is “totally alert and aware, and his medical group is happy along with his progress,” Ragusa stated in an announcement to NPR on Sunday night.
“The Mayor is raring to return to his work and appears ahead to getting again to enterprise in just some days,” he added.
Earlier than the accident, Giuliani had been “flagged down” by a girl who was concerned in a home violence incident and he “instantly rendered help and contacted 911,” Ragusa additionally said. The previous mayor remained on scene till regulation enforcement arrived to make sure the girl’s security.
New Hampshire State Police stated in an announcement launched Sunday evening they have been investigating a home violence incident on I-93 in Manchester earlier than 10 p.m. ET when the crash occurred on the opposite aspect of the interstate.
“Because of the collision, each automobiles went into the median and have been closely broken. Troopers and hearth personnel, who have been on the scene of the primary incident, witnessed the collision and shortly crossed the interstate to render support,” the police stated.
Three individuals, together with Giuliani and the motive force of the automotive he was touring in, suffered “non-life-threatening accidents and have been taken by ambulance to space hospitals for therapy,” the police additionally stated.
Andrew Giuliani, his son, thanked those that reached out and referred to as his father powerful in a social media put up on Sunday.
The previous mayor of New York grew to become “America’s mayor” within the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist assaults towards the World Commerce Heart towers within the nation’s largest metropolis. He continued to be a outstanding face in Republican politics, turning into a key piece of President Trump’s authorized group difficult the 2020 election outcomes, making false claims about widespread voter fraud which have been roundly debunked.
Within the wake of that, Giuliani has confronted vital authorized troubles of his personal. He was indicted in each Georgia and Arizona associated to his position in makes an attempt to overturn the 2020 election. In a separate case, Giuliani was ordered by a federal jury to pay two former Georgia election staff $148 million for defamation after he claimed the pair engaged in a faux poll processing scheme. He was discovered to be in contempt of court docket for failing to adjust to that judgement in January.
