Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush suffered a neck fracture in a fall at his home in Maine on Wednesday, though he was listed in stable condition and his hospital stay was expected to be brief.
Bush, 91, who served as America’s 41st president, was last hospitalized in Houston for a week in December 2014 after experiencing breathing difficulties.
“41 fell at home in Maine today and broke a bone in his neck,” spokesperson Jim McGrath said in a statement posted on Twitter following the accident. “His condition is stable – he is fine – but he’ll be in a neck brace.”
Bush was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland.
He lost his 1992 re-election bid to Democrat Bill Clinton.
Bush previously served as a congressman, a UN ambassador, a US envoy to China and director of the Central Intelligence Agency before becoming Reagan’s running mate in 1980.
A Navy pilot during World War Two, he celebrated his 90th birthday on June 12, 2014, by skydiving near Kennebunkport, Maine, with the Army’s Golden Knight parachute team. He currently suffers from Parkinson’s disease and cannot use his legs.
