Rudy Giuliani’s New Hampshire automobile crash was not ‘focused assault’: spokesman

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A automobile crash that significantly injured former New York Metropolis Mayor Rudy Giuliani in New Hampshire on Saturday night time was not a focused assault, a spokesman for the 81-year-old stated.

Michael Ragusa, spokesman and head of safety for Giuliani, stated the previous mayor had been flagged down by a girl who was the sufferer of home violence when he stopped to assist and referred to as 911. After officers arrived, Giuliani departed in his rental automobile, which was then struck from behind at a excessive pace on the freeway.

"This was not a focused assault," Ragusa stated in a reply to an preliminary assertion on X. "We ask everybody to respect Mayor Giuliani’s privateness and restoration, and chorus from spreading unfounded conspiracy theories."

The previous mayor was hospitalized with a number of accidents, together with "a fractured thoracic vertebrae," a number of lacerations and contusions and accidents to his left arm and decrease leg, Ragusa stated in an preliminary assertion on Sunday.

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Ragusa gave an replace on Giuliani’s situation to Fox Information Digital on Monday.

"Mayor Giuliani’s situation continues to enhance, and he's anticipated to be discharged from the hospital throughout the subsequent few days," Ragusa stated in a press release. "This can be a man who survived 9/11—so slightly automobile accident gained’t be slowing him down. He's desperate to return to enterprise and proceed combating for this nation, as he has proudly finished for the previous 50 years."

Rudy Giuliani departs from the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Courthouse after a verdict was reached in his defamation jury trial on Dec. 15, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Picture by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Pictures)

New Hampshire State Police stated it's investigating the crash.

Troopers witnessed the two-vehicle collision simply earlier than 10 p.m. on Interstate 93 northbound in Manchester as they have been investigating a reported home violence incident throughout the roadway on the southbound facet, police stated.

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Giuliani was a passenger in a rented Ford Bronco that was being pushed by his adviser, Ted Goodman, when a 19-year-old lady driving a Honda HR-V struck them from behind, police stated.

Each autos hit the freeway median and have been "closely broken," state police stated.

Ragusa stated Giuliani is recovering from his accidents and is anticipated to be discharged within the subsequent few days. (REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File Picture)