Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen was hospitalized after being bucked off a horse he was driving on Sunday, in accordance with an announcement from his workplace.
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Pillen had been driving a brand new horse with members of his household, his workplace stated.
The 68-year-old Republican was initially taken to Columbus Community Hospital after which, “out of an abundance of warning,” to Omaha’s University of Nebraska Medical Center, his workplace stated.
Pillen’s workplace didn’t specify what accidents he sustained or how severe they had been, however famous he was anticipated to stay within the hospital for a number of days.
“The Governor is alert and is in steady contact together with his group,” his workplace stated.
Pillen is presently in his first time period as governor, having been elected in 2022 after former Gov. Pete Ricketts was term-limited. Pillen then appointed Ricketts to the U.S. Senate to fill the seat vacated when Ben Sasse resigned to turn out to be president of the University of Florida.
