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John Kerry: US secretary of state in Swiss hospital with likely leg injury after bicycle crash | |
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The US Secretary of State John Kerry has been taken to hospital in Switzerland after a biking accident in the nearby French Alps. | |
Mr Kerry, 71, is in a stable condition and is likely to have suffered a leg injury, a spokesman said. | |
Mr Kerry was flown by helicopter to Geneva, where he is being examined. | |
He was in Switzerland for talks on the Iranian nuclear programme, and was due in Madrid on Monday for the signing of a defence deal. | |
The accident took place in Scionzier, France, some 40km (25 miles) south-east of the Swiss border. | |
"Paramedics and a physician were on the scene with the secretary's motorcade at the time of the accident," said a statement by the state department. | |
Mr Kerry "is stable and... did not lose consciousness". | |
Mr Kerry is known for his love of cycling and often takes his bike with him when he travels. |