Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was seriously injured in a freak car accident in New Hampshire on Saturday night, a rep said.

Giuliani, 81, was hospitalized with a fractured vertebrae and multiple cuts and bruises, including injuries specifically to his left arm and lower leg, after his rent-a-car was hit from behind, spokesman Michael Ragusa said Sunday.

“Mayor Giuliani was flagged down by a woman who was a victim of domestic violence prior to the accident. He rendered assistance and contacted 911, remaining on scene until responding officers arrived to ensure her safety,” said Ragusa, Giuliani’s head of security.

“The accident occurred after he re-entered his vehicle, which was then hit from behind at high speed.”

Ragusa said Giuilani, who was mayor from 1994 through 2001, is recovering and in good spirts.

“The mayor is in great spirits. He’s a beast. He survived 9/11,” Ragusa said.

Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani was injured in a New Hampshire car crash Saturday, according to his spokesman. Photo by Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images

He said “America’s mayor’’ is expected to remain in the Manchester-area hospital for another two or three days and then wear a brace for the broken vertebrae.

Giuliani’s son Andrew told The Post, “Thank Goodness he’s doing OK.

“Fractured vertebrae. More to come … Please keep him in your prayers,” Andrew said.

Giuliani’s business partner, Maria Ryan, who is also a nurse practitioner, is helping to oversee his care.

“He’s getting further tests and stabilization of his injuries,” she told The Post.

Originally published as Rudy Giuliani seriously injured in New Hampshire car wreck after helping domestic violence victim: Spokesman

Rudy Giuliani is recovering from a fractured vertebra and other injuries following a car crash in the north-eastern US, a spokesperson for the former New York City mayor said.

Giuliani’s vehicle was struck from behind while travelling on a highway in New Hampshire on Saturday evening, according to a statement posted on X by Michael Ragusa, Giuliani’s head of security.

“He sustained injuries but is in good spirits and recovering tremendously,” Ragusa said, adding: “This was not a targeted attack.”

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani has been injured in a car crash in the US. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, file) (AP)

Giuliani, 81, was taken to a nearby trauma centre and was being treated for injuries including “a fractured thoracic vertebrae, multiple lacerations and contusions, as well as injuries to his left arm and lower leg,” according to Ragusa.

Prior to the accident, Giuliani had been “flagged down by a woman who was the victim of a domestic violence incident” and contacted police assistance on her behalf, Ragusa said.

After police arrived, Giuliani continued on his way and his vehicle was hit shortly after pulling onto the highway and was “entirely unrelated” to the domestic violence incident, Ragusa told The Associated Press in an emailed statement.

Giuliani was in a rental car and “no one knew it was him,” Ragusa also said in the post on X.

“Thank you to all the people that have reached out since learning the news about my Father,” Andrew Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani’s son, wrote in post on X. “Your prayers mean the world.”

Rudy Giuliani, left, was a former personal lawyer for US President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (AP)

The weekend crash follows some rocky years for the onetime Republican presidential candidate, who was dubbed “America’s mayor” in light of his leadership in New York after the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Giuliani later became US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer for a time and a vocal proponent of Trump’s allegations of fraud in the 2020 election, won by Democrat Joe Biden. Trump and his backers lost dozens of lawsuits claiming fraud, and numerous recounts, reviews and audits of the election results turned up no signs of significant wrongdoing or error.

Two former Georgia elections workers later won a $US148 million ($226 million) defamation judgment against Giuliani. As they sought to collect the judgment, the former federal prosecutor was found in contempt of court and faced a trial this year over the ownership of some of his assets.

He ultimately struck a deal that let him keep his homes and various belongings, including prized World Series baseball rings, in exchange for unspecified compensation and a promise to stop speaking ill of the ex-election workers.

WHAT HAPPENED? EMILY. WELL, JEN, WE’RE JUST GETTING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CRASH. NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED AROUND 10:00 LAST NIGHT ON I-93. HERE BEHIND ME IN MANCHESTER. WE ARE ALSO LEARNING THE FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR WAS A PASSENGER IN THE SUV THAT WAS HIT. POSTING ON X, GIULIANI’S HEAD OF SECURITY SAYS THE 81 YEAR OLD HAD BEEN FLAGGED DOWN BY A WOMAN THEY SAY WAS THE VICTIM OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT AND CALLED 911 FOR HER. GIULIANI’S TEAM SAYS HE STAYED WITH THE WOMAN UNTIL HELP ARRIVED, SAYING AFTER THE VEHICLE GOT HIS VEHICLE GOT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY, IT WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY A 19 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE. ACCORDING TO POLICE, STATE POLICE SAY TROOPERS ON THE SCENE INVESTIGATING THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT SAW THE CRASH AND QUICKLY JUMPED IN TO HELP. GIULIANI WAS TRANSPORTED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL FOR A BROKEN VERTEBRAE AND INJURIES TO HIS ARM AND LEG, ACCORDING TO HIS TEAM. IN A STATEMENT, GIULIANI’S HEAD OF SECURITY SAYS, QUOTE, HE SUSTAINED INJURIES BUT IS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND RECOVERING TREMENDOUSLY, GOING ON TO SAY, QUOTE, THIS WAS NOT A TARGETED ATTACK. NOW, NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE POLICE SAY AT THIS POINT, NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED. LI

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Three people, including the former mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani, were injured in a car crash in Manchester, New Hampshire, state police confirmed.Just before 10 p.m. Saturday, New Hampshire state police troopers were responding to a reported domestic violence incident on the southbound lanes of Interstate 93 in Manchester. While police were responding, a Honda HR-V crashed into the back of a Ford Bronco, sending both cars into the median, state police said.The driver of the Honda, Lauren Kemp, 19, of Concord and the driver of the Bronco, Theodore Goodman of Michigan, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to nearby hospitals.Goodman’s passenger, Giuliani, also suffered non-life-threatening injuries. According to Giuliani’s head of security, Michael Ragusa, the crash happened after Giuliani apparently stopped to help with the initial reported domestic violence incident that police were responding to. “(Giuliani) was flagged down by a woman who was the victim of a domestic violence incident. Mayor Giuliani immediately rendered assistance and contacted 911. He remained on scene until responding officers arrived to ensure her safety,” Ragusa said in a statement. Ragusa said that Giuliani suffered a fractured vertebra, multiple lacerations, contusions, and injuries to his left arm and lower leg. “He sustained injuries but is in good spirits and recovering tremendously,” Ragusa said. “This was not a targeted attack.”Giuliani, 81, was taken to a nearby trauma center and was being treated for injuries, Ragusa said. In a post on X, Ragusa said that Giuliani was in a rental car and “no one knew it was him.” “Thank you to all the people that have reached out since learning the news about my Father,” Andrew Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani’s son, wrote in post on X. “Your prayers mean the world.”Lanes in both directions of I-93 were closed for an hour as police investigated the crash.No charges have been filed in connection with the incident. Anyone with information is asked to call Sgt. Mark Dore at 603-223-4381.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

New York City’s former mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized after getting injured in a car wreck in New Hampshire over the weekend.

On Sunday, Giuliani’s head of security, Michael Ragusa, released a statement, saying that the 81-year old was involved in a motor vehicle accident on Saturday evening. According to Ragusa, prior to the incident, Giuliani was flagged down by a woman who was the victim of a domestic violence incident.

“Mayor Giuliani immediately rendered assistance and contacted 911. He remained on scene until responding officers arrived to ensure her safety. Following this, while traveling on the highway, mayor Giuliani’s vehicle was struck from behind at high speed,” Ragusa said.

Giuliani was transported to a nearby trauma center where he was treated for a fractured thoracic vertebrae, multiple cuts and bruises, as well as injuries to his left arm and lower leg.

Giuliani’s business partner and medical provider were contacted and arrived at the hospital to oversee his care, Ragusa said, adding that Giuliani is in “good spirits and recovering tremendously”.

He went on to say that the incident “was not a targeted attack” and urged the public to “refrain from spreading unfounded conspiracy theories”.

In response to a comment from an X user who said: “Does anyone think the victim’s abuser waited for the car who helped her, to ram them? Maybe not even knowing it’s Giuliani,” Ragusa replied: “He was in a rent a car no one knew it was him.”

In 2024, Giuliani took a tumble at the Republican national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when he fell into some chairs. Following the incident which was shared widely across social media, Giuliani said: “I tripped as I was checking out the convention floor. The eyes of the world are on Fiserv Forum and the RNC, so my trip was seen by many. As a famous person once said: ‘Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.’”

Giuliani served as New York City’s mayor from 1994 to 2001. He later went on to serve as Donald Trump’s lawyer before being disbarred in Washington DC and New York over false statements he made about the 2020 presidential election.

In 2023, a jury ordered Giuliani to pay $148.1m to two former election workers from Georgia after he falsely accused them of attempting to steal the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.