Article: Barbara Bush breaks leg in sledding mishap

WASHINGTON Barbara Bush broke a bone in her left leg Sunday when she hit a tree while sledding at Camp David, Md., the White House said.

The accident occurred on an icy hill when the first lady was in a sledding party with President Bush, several grandchildren, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and other guests.

The 65-year-old Mrs. Bush was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Hagerstown, Md., where X-rays revealed "a non-displaced fracture of the left fibula bone," said her press secretary, Anna Perez. The fibula is the smaller of two bones that make up the leg between the knee and ankle.

The injury did not require a cast, but Mrs. Bush was ordered to stay off the leg for three days and ...

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