(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.
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.
In a post on social platform X, Ragusa said Giuliani was in “good spirits and recovering tremendously” following the crash.
“Thank you to all the people that have reached out since learning the news about my Father. Your prayers mean the world,” Giuliani’s son Andrew said in a social media post. “As a son, I can tell you I’m honored to have a Dad that I can call the toughest SOB I’ve ever seen!”
Giuliani served as mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001. He later served as President Donald Trump’s lawyer during his first term, and was disbarred in 2024 in both New York and Washington D.C. after spreading false claims about the 2020 presidential election.
He was also found liable for defaming two election poll workers in Georgia and accused them of tampering with ballots during the election.