Incoming Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid suffered multiple fractured ribs and facial bones Thursday after the exercise machine he was using broke, causing him to fall.
Reid, who was at home in Henderson, Nev., was admitted to University Medical Center in Las Vegas overnight “as a precaution,” his office said Friday. Nevertheless, Reid has no plans to miss the start of the new Congress next week.
“Sen. Reid will return to Washington this weekend and be in the office Tuesday as the Senate prepares to reconvene,” his office confirmed. “His doctors expect a full recovery.”
This is not the first injury Reid has sustained during his exercise routine. Reid fell and dislocated his shoulder in 2011 while on a jog.
Reid, 75, has been hospitalized on a couple of occasions during the past few years. He was admitted to the hospital overnight in December 2013 when he reported not feeling well. In October 2012, Reid was briefly hospitalized after his car was involved in a six-car accident. Reid also suffered a mild stroke in 2005, which did not result in a hospital stay.
