Former U.S. President Carter hospitalized with broken pelvis after fall


  • World
  • Tuesday, 22 Oct 2019

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivers a lecture on the eradication of the Guinea worm, at the House of Lords in London, Britain February 3, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been hospitalized with a minor pelvic fracture after a fall on Monday night, the Carter Center said on Tuesday, the second such accident this month for the nation's oldest living president.

Carter fell at his home in Plains, Georgia, the center said in a post on Twitter, but added, "he is in good spirits and is looking forward to recovering at home."

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