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Harry Reid hospitalized overnight after breaking ribs, facial bones in exercise accident | |
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Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) was injured Thursday in an exercise-related accident, but is expected to make a full recovery. | Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) was injured Thursday in an exercise-related accident, but is expected to make a full recovery. |
Reid's office said in a statement Friday that the outgoing majority leader was exercising at his home in suburban Las Vegas when a piece of exercise equipment broke, "causing him to fall and break a number of ribs and bones in his face." | Reid's office said in a statement Friday that the outgoing majority leader was exercising at his home in suburban Las Vegas when a piece of exercise equipment broke, "causing him to fall and break a number of ribs and bones in his face." |
The statement said that Reid plans to return to Washington this weekend and return to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday as the new congressional session begins. | The statement said that Reid plans to return to Washington this weekend and return to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday as the new congressional session begins. |
Reid, 75, was treated at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas and kept overnight as a precaution, the statement said. | Reid, 75, was treated at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas and kept overnight as a precaution, the statement said. |
The Nevada Democrat has served in the U.S. Senate since 1987 and has said that he plans to run for reelection in 2016. He recently moved to Henderson, Nev., a suburb of Las Vegas, from his hometown of Searchlight, Nev., in order to be closer to his family and his state's major population center as he prepares for the campaign. | The Nevada Democrat has served in the U.S. Senate since 1987 and has said that he plans to run for reelection in 2016. He recently moved to Henderson, Nev., a suburb of Las Vegas, from his hometown of Searchlight, Nev., in order to be closer to his family and his state's major population center as he prepares for the campaign. |
This is not Reid's first exercise-related accident: In 2011, he slipped and fell during a morning run near his home at the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Washington and dislocated his shoulder. With his arm in a sling, he later showed off his black eye on Capitol Hill. | This is not Reid's first exercise-related accident: In 2011, he slipped and fell during a morning run near his home at the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Washington and dislocated his shoulder. With his arm in a sling, he later showed off his black eye on Capitol Hill. |