Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) was briefly hospitalized Sunday after rear-ending one other driver on a Maryland freeway, a spokesperson confirmed to The Submit on Monday.
The Senator was along with his spouse Gisele on the time of the accident on Sunday.
“On Sunday morning, John and Gisele had been concerned in a automotive accident with one other driver … (and) had been evaluated at an area hospital,” the Fetterman spokesperson mentioned in an announcement. “John was handled for a bruised shoulder and so they had been discharged that afternoon. They’re doing properly and joyful to be again in Braddock.”
Maryland State Police supplied additional particulars on the accident, stating that the crash “occurred shortly earlier than 8 a.m.” and that the senator was behind the wheel of the automotive that rear-ended one other automobile.
“In accordance with a preliminary investigation, a Chevrolet Traverse and a Chevrolet Impala had been each touring west on I-70 when for unknown causes, the Traverse struck the rear of the Impala,” Maryland State Police mentioned in an announcement to The Submit. “The driving force of the Traverse is recognized as John Fetterman, 54, of Pennsylvania.”
The passenger of the opposite automotive was additionally transported to Warfare Memorial Hospital in West Virginia, which is simply over the Maryland border, through ambulance, in response to the police workplace.
“No citations had been issued. The crash investigation stays lively and ongoing,” the police workplace added.
Fetterman, 54, has suffered from a number of well being points throughout his time in workplace, together with a stroke in Might of 2022, after which docs put in a pacemaker and a defibrillator.
The 6-foot-8 senator additionally checked himself into Walter Reed hospital for over a month between February and March of 2023 because of medical melancholy.
The Pennsylvania Democrat has made waves in current months because of his vocal help of Israel in its warfare in opposition to Hamas – a place that’s not harbored by a majority of the Senate.
In an interview with Invoice Maher on Friday, Fetterman mentioned his near-fatal stroke emboldened him to talk his thoughts.
“There’s a line from the primary ‘Batman,’ Joker’s like ‘I’ve been lifeless as soon as already. It’s very liberating,” the senator mentioned.
“It’s liberating in a approach. And I simply suppose after beating all of that, I simply actually [want to] have the ability to say the issues that I’ve to essentially imagine in and never be afraid of if there’s any sort of blowback,” he added.
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