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N.J. governor critically hurt in car accident
Corzine won't walk normally for months; injuries not life-threatening
NBC VIDEO
• N.J. governor badly hurt in car crash
April 13: New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine is in critical condition after a
serious car crash. TODAY's Ann Curry reports.
Today show
Updated: 2 hours, 53 minutes ago
CAMDEN, N.J - Gov. Jon S. Corzine will be unable to resume his duties
as governor for several days, in the least, and he won’t walk normally
for months after a car accident left him hospitalized with serious
injuries, a doctor said.
Corzine, 60, was in critical condition Friday after undergoing two
hours of surgery Thursday night to repair his broken leg and other
injuries sustained in the crash on the Garden State Parkway in
Galloway Township.
“He’s got a pretty significant rehab in front of him,” said Dr. Robert
Ostrum, who performed the surgery at Cooper University Hospital in
Camden.
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The crash occurred around 6 p.m., State Police Superintendent Rick
Fuentes said.
Corzine was riding in the front passenger’s seat of a sport utility
vehicle — driven by a state trooper — and was en route from Atlantic
City to the governor’s mansion in Princeton to moderate a meeting
between the Rutgers women’s basketball team and radio personality Don
Imus.
Imus was fired from his radio program Thursday amid furor about
racially charged comments he made about the team on air. The closed-
door meeting went on without Corzine, and lasted for about three
hours.
The SUV was struck by a white pickup that swerved to avoid a red
pickup that had swerved from the shoulder onto the highway, Fuentes
said. The governor’s vehicle, driven by Trooper Robert Rasinski,
clipped the white pickup and slid into a guardrail.
Authorities searching for driver of red pickup
Fuentes and Ross said it was unclear whether the governor was wearing
his seat belt at the time of the crash. Authorities were still
searching for the red pickup and its driver.
Troopers in a vehicle following Corzine’s administered first aid and
called for help. Corzine, the trooper and a gubernatorial aide were
flown by helicopter to the hospital.
Colin Archer / AP
A New Jersey state trooper works the scene of Thursday night's crash
involving Gov. Jon S. Corzine in Galloway Township, N.J.
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Rasinski had only minor injuries and the aide had none.
When Corzine arrived at the hospital, doctors said he was conscious
but had suffered several injuries: a femur bone broken in two places
that had lacerated his skin, a broken sternum, six broken ribs on each
side, a head laceration and a minor fracture on a lower vertebrae.
Ostrum said Corzine did not have any brain or spinal damage. And the
governor’s injuries were not considered life-threatening.
The governor was moved to the hospital’s trauma intensive care unit
after surgery and was listed in critical but stable condition early
Friday. He was sedated and receiving pain medication
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He is on a ventilator with a flail chest, not good.
He will prob get a nice sternal infection and never recover...
and is ripe for embolis from bone marrow.
Say, enough spilt milk...now how about a Republican governer
who will lower our taxes?
love
hank
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Corzine won't walk normally for months; injuries not life-threatening
NBC VIDEO
• N.J. governor badly hurt in car crash
April 13: New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine is in critical condition after a
serious car crash. TODAY's Ann Curry reports.
Today show
Updated: 2 hours, 53 minutes ago
CAMDEN, N.J - Gov. Jon S. Corzine will be unable to resume his duties
as governor for several days, in the least, and he won’t walk normally
for months after a car accident left him hospitalized with serious
injuries, a doctor said.
Corzine, 60, was in critical condition Friday after undergoing two
hours of surgery Thursday night to repair his broken leg and other
injuries sustained in the crash on the Garden State Parkway in
Galloway Township.
“He’s got a pretty significant rehab in front of him,” said Dr. Robert
Ostrum, who performed the surgery at Cooper University Hospital in
Camden.
Story continues below ↓
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advertisement
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The crash occurred around 6 p.m., State Police Superintendent Rick
Fuentes said.
Corzine was riding in the front passenger’s seat of a sport utility
vehicle — driven by a state trooper — and was en route from Atlantic
City to the governor’s mansion in Princeton to moderate a meeting
between the Rutgers women’s basketball team and radio personality Don
Imus.
Imus was fired from his radio program Thursday amid furor about
racially charged comments he made about the team on air. The closed-
door meeting went on without Corzine, and lasted for about three
hours.
The SUV was struck by a white pickup that swerved to avoid a red
pickup that had swerved from the shoulder onto the highway, Fuentes
said. The governor’s vehicle, driven by Trooper Robert Rasinski,
clipped the white pickup and slid into a guardrail.
Authorities searching for driver of red pickup
Fuentes and Ross said it was unclear whether the governor was wearing
his seat belt at the time of the crash. Authorities were still
searching for the red pickup and its driver.
Troopers in a vehicle following Corzine’s administered first aid and
called for help. Corzine, the trooper and a gubernatorial aide were
flown by helicopter to the hospital.
Colin Archer / AP
A New Jersey state trooper works the scene of Thursday night's crash
involving Gov. Jon S. Corzine in Galloway Township, N.J.
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Rasinski had only minor injuries and the aide had none.
When Corzine arrived at the hospital, doctors said he was conscious
but had suffered several injuries: a femur bone broken in two places
that had lacerated his skin, a broken sternum, six broken ribs on each
side, a head laceration and a minor fracture on a lower vertebrae.
Ostrum said Corzine did not have any brain or spinal damage. And the
governor’s injuries were not considered life-threatening.
The governor was moved to the hospital’s trauma intensive care unit
after surgery and was listed in critical but stable condition early
Friday. He was sedated and receiving pain medication
.....................................
He is on a ventilator with a flail chest, not good.
He will prob get a nice sternal infection and never recover...
and is ripe for embolis from bone marrow.
Say, enough spilt milk...now how about a Republican governer
who will lower our taxes?
love
hank
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