Rudolph W. Giuliani was expected to make a full recovery after a vehicle slammed into his car on Saturday, leaving him with a fractured vertebra and other injuries.
Mr. Giuliani, the former New York mayor and lawyer for President Trump, was riding in a Ford Bronco that was rear-ended in New Hampshire on Saturday evening. The police said the injuries suffered by Mr. Giuliani, 81, and the two drivers involved in the accident were not life-threatening.
The police said the crash was under investigation and that no charges had been filed. Initial reports of how it unfolded, based on accounts from Mr. Giuliani’s head of security and the New Hampshire State Police, were a little unclear.
Here’s what we know.
What happened?
Mr. Giuliani was riding in a Ford Bronco when a Honda HR-V hit his vehicle on a northbound section of Interstate 93 in New Hampshire, the state police said in a statement. The two vehicles hit a median and were heavily damaged, the police said.
The driver of the Honda was a 19-year-old from Concord, N.H., according to the police. The Bronco was being driven by an adviser to Mr. Giuliani, Theodore Goodman.
That much is clear. The moments leading up to the crash are not.
Michael Ragusa, Mr. Guiliani’s head of security, said that the Bronco had been flagged down by a woman who was the victim of domestic violence. The former mayor called 911, waited for help to arrive, and then left, Mr. Ragusa said.
The state police confirmed the domestic violence incident, saying in a statement that it had occurred on a southbound stretch of the highway in Manchester, N.H. Troopers and fire officials who were assisting the woman saw the Honda strike the Bronco and rushed to help, the police said.
The statement did not say why the accident occurred on the northbound side of I-93, or whether Mr. Giuliani had been assisting the victim.
How serious are the injuries?
Mr. Giuliani was taken to an undisclosed hospital, where he was diagnosed with a fractured thoracic vertebra and injuries to his left leg and arm, Mr. Ragusa said, adding that the former mayor was in “good spirits and recovering tremendously.”
The driver of the Honda and Mr. Goodman were also injured.
Mr. Giuliani thanked Maria Ryan, a business partner, on Sunday for overseeing his care. She is a nurse practitioner in New Hampshire. The two had been attending a New Hampshire Fisher Cats baseball game in Manchester on Saturday before the crash, according to a video from WMUR, a local ABC News affiliate.
What has Mr. Giuliani done since leaving office?
Mr. Giuliani built a reputation as a hard-nosed federal prosecutor in the 1980s, going after organized crime as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. The district is known for handling some of the most important cases in the nation and for pushing its leaders into the spotlight.
He won the Republican nomination in 1989 for the New York City mayor’s race, but lost to the Democratic candidate, David Dinkins. He defeated Mr. Dinkins in the next election and took office in 1994, for the first of two terms.
Mr. Giuliani oversaw a reduction in crime and lead New York through the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, earning him praise nationwide. He ran for president in 2008, hoping his reputation would propel his candidacy, but his bid never gained traction.
He then became an adviser to Donald J. Trump, before and during his 2015 presidential campaign. His ties to Mr. Trump, especially his support for Mr. Trump’s factually incorrect statements about the 2020 election, have earned Mr. Giuliani pariah status in many corners of New York.
He was disbarred from practicing law in New York last year after being indicted in Arizona and Georgia in cases involving the 2020 presidential election. He had faced a $148 million judgment granted to two Georgia election workers he defamed while trying to help Mr. Trump overturn the election; the case was settled in January.
Andrés R. Martínez is a Times editor who leads a team in Seoul responsible for breaking news coverage.
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