Rudy Giuliani hospitalized with broken vertebrae after car accident, spokesperson says
Source: NPR
August 31, 20254:32 PM ET
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized with a broken vertebrae after a car accident, his spokesperson said on Sunday. Giuliani, 81, was traveling on a highway in New Hampshire when his car was "struck from behind at high speed," said Michael Ragusa, who is also his head of security.
"He was transported to a nearby trauma center, where he was diagnosed with a fractured thoracic vertebrae, multiple lacerations and contusions, as well as injuries to his left arm and lower leg," Ragusa wrote on social media. "His business partner and medical provider were promptly contacted and arrived at the hospital to oversee his care."
Although Giuliani was injured, he is "in good spirits and recovering tremendously," he said. The incident was not a "targeted attack," Ragusa added, and asked people to "refrain from spreading unfounded conspiracy theories."
Before the accident, Giuliani had been "flagged down" by a woman who was involved in a domestic violence incident and he "immediately rendered assistance and contacted 911," Ragusa also stated. The former mayor remained on scene until law enforcement arrived to ensure the woman's safety.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2025/08/31/nx-s1-5524285/rudy-giuliani-hospitalized-car-accident-broken-vertebrae
StarryNite
(11,905 posts)Hornedfrog2000
(866 posts)Sorry didnt hear that.
bamagal62
(4,240 posts)riversedge
(78,599 posts)ZZenith
(4,435 posts)No offense, I am genuinely curious.
riversedge
(78,599 posts)I think this is the article I read earlier but really do not recall. The article I read said it was Rudy who made the call to police after he and his driver were flagged down by the woman with a domestic violence incident. There has to be a police report about the domestic violence incident happening on a freeway. But I do not see any posted--maybe to early?? Time will tell--maybe.
https://www.wcvb.com/article/rudy-giuliani-injured-in-new-hampshire-car-crash-his-spokesperson-says/65942748
Updated: 10:22 PM EDT Aug 31, 2025
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Emily Maher
Reporter
MANCHESTER, N.H.
Just before 10 p.m. Saturday, New Hampshire State Police say someone called 911 about a domestic violence incident on the side of I-93 south in Manchester, New Hampshire.
In a statement, Michael Ragusa, the head of security for former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani, said it was Guiliani that made the call, after pulling over to help.
Giulianis team says the 81-year-old stayed with the woman until New Hampshire State Police arrived then, got back into his Ford Bronco rental with is driver, Theodore Goodman, and left.
According to the statement from Giulianis security, shortly after, the former mayor and his driver got back onto the highway, this time, heading north, when they were hit from behind by another vehicle driven by a 19-year-old woman, according to police.
State police say the crash sent both vehicles into the median.............................
COL Mustard
(7,755 posts)This was not a targeted attack. Sure sounds suspicious to me, but I'm just a dumbass.
BaronChocula
(3,671 posts)I wish him all the pain. Though I once fractured my T7 vertebrae and it really didn't hurt that much. But sometimes I can feel it when the air pressure dips.
Mysterian
(6,050 posts)Anyway...football season comin' up!
IbogaProject
(5,294 posts)And hit from behind could be he swerved into another lane.
cazzo di puttana
70sEraVet
(5,060 posts)Mawspam2
(1,059 posts)...and got rear-ended.
Bengus81
(9,537 posts)DoBW
(2,899 posts)Mood when your vertebrae is in tact.ðð¾ðºð¿
— ð«âï¸N. Julesâï¸ð« (@northjules.bsky.social) 2025-08-31T21:59:03.109Z
llmart
(17,013 posts)Trying to make him out to be some kind of a hero by helping this woman. They'll probably pay her off to agree to the story.
Also I'd like to add, "I really don't care, do you?"
Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)The Madcap
(1,567 posts)unlike the peasantry.
marchellojones
(114 posts)to solicit a prostitute and that's why he had stopped on the road?
twodogsbarking
(16,452 posts)twodogsbarking
(16,452 posts)riversedge
(78,599 posts)coffeebeforepants
(11 posts)Guiliani has a spine after all...
Martin68
(26,582 posts)AverageOldGuy
(3,116 posts)Bad news is he survived and will live.
Lucky Luciano
(11,784 posts)niyad
(128,175 posts)niyad
(128,175 posts)What was he doing in NH? Was he actually driving? Whose car, since he was supposedly too broke to pay the GA women? Does anybody seriously believe the story about the DV victim? Was he drunk, as usual?
AND: his business partner rushed to oversee his care?
riversedge
(78,599 posts)Jim__
(14,994 posts)...
Three people, including Giuliani and the driver of the car he was traveling in, suffered "non-life-threatening injuries and were taken by ambulance to area hospitals for treatment," the police also said.
Captain Zero
(8,585 posts)When does he finally get the death penalty?
lastlib
(27,000 posts)The two ladies in Georgia are going to want their car in good condition.....
Seinan Sensei
(1,225 posts)Kinda like he shaves in public restaurants while eating
Pachamama
(17,518 posts)Read the NPR story - its very strange - first the mention of how he rendered assistance to someone who was a victim of domestic violence (?) and then it says the accident happened on other side of interstate where police already were?
Marcuse
(8,711 posts)mwb970
(12,001 posts)twodogsbarking
(16,452 posts)JohnnyRingo
(20,257 posts)We know he's gonna sue, and that's rather normal, but I imagine he'll go big, claiming his time is more valuable than anyone else on Earth
Brainfodder
(7,781 posts)I fear he too needs to hoard $ to bribe St. Peter?
Cloudhopper
(148 posts)bankrupt just a year or two ago. Or is this where Kamala's security detail was reassigned?
Oeditpus Rex
(43,094 posts)VGNonly
(8,274 posts)Justice matters.
(9,049 posts)NOT to serve a convicted pedophile and dictator wannabe...
Remember that KARMA is real and it can hit you when least expected, and that you still have time to make amends and give him the boot (before it's too late for you).
ENOUGH, cowards!
LudwigPastorius
(13,697 posts)I always thought he was a really big tapeworm in a cheap suit.