Rep. Schmidt Returns From Abroad After Feeling Injuries From Earlier Accident
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Congresswoman Jean Schmidt of Ohio is back home because of injuries from last week's hit-skip accident.
Her office says the Republican representative was on her way to a weekend fact-finding visit to Afghanistan when severe pain caused her to pass out while landing at a U.S. Air Force Base in Germany.
A hospital examination then found she had two broken ribs and two fractured vertebrae that had not been detected earlier.
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She subsequently flew back to Ohio and was resting at doctor's advice Monday in her suburban Cincinnati home. She had been struck by a car last week while on an early morning jog.
Schmidt is seeking re-election to her House seat against Democrat Victoria Wulsin.