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Article: Barbara Bush breaks leg in sledding mishap
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 14, 1991
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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 ...