(NewsNation) — Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani was seriously injured in a car crash in New Hampshire.
Giuliani, 81, was hospitalized with a fractured thoracic vertebrae and multiple cuts and bruises to his arms and legs after he was struck from behind “at a high speed” while driving on Saturday night, his spokesperson Michael Ragusa said.
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Before the crash, Giuliani stopped driving to help a woman who told him she was the victim of a domestic violence incident. He called 911 and stayed with the woman until officers arrived and made sure she was safe.
“Shortly after pulling back onto the highway, his vehicle was struck from behind by a female driver, an incident entirely unrelated to the earlier situation,” Ragusa said in a statement to NewsNation.
Giuliani served as mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001.
