Former astronaut, senator Glenn hurt in car crash

Former astronaut, senator Glenn hurt in car crash
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Former astronaut and senator John Glenn and his wife are in fair condition
in a Columbus, Ohio, hospital after being injured in a car accident, a
hospital official said on Saturday.

Glenn, 85, and his wife, Anna, will be released later on Saturday, said
Louis Tejada, a nurse administrator at Grant Medical Center in Columbus.

"He's in fair condition," Tejada said. The Glenns were admitted late on
Friday night after the crash.

Columbus police could not be reached for comment, but the Columbus Dispatch
newspaper reported that Glenn's car collided with another Friday night on
the northeast side of Columbus.

Glenn was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth. He was elected U.S.
senator for Ohio in 1974 and retired in 1999.



Former Astronaut Glenn in Car Accident
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Former Senator, Astronaut John Glenn Suffers Minor Injuries in Car Accident
COLUMBUS, Ohio Aug 5, 2006 (AP)- Former senator and astronaut John Glenn
and his wife were taken to a hospital with minor injures after being
involved in a car accident, police said. Glenn, 85, and his wife, Annie, 86,
were in fair condition early Saturday morning at Grant Medical Center, a
nursing supervisor said.
The driver of the other car, Amy Myers of suburban New Albany, said she
was driving east late Friday night when Glenn, who was headed west, tried to
turn left onto a highway ramp.
Myers, who was not injured, said her car hit the front of his.
Glenn was "very sincerely sorry," Myers said.
Glenn, who served in the Senate from 1974 to 1998, first made headlines
in 1962, when he piloted the first manned orbital mission of the United
States. He went back into space in 1998, at the age of 77.