Sen. John Fetterman was briefly hospitalized after rear-ending another driver on a Maryland highway, his spokesperson confirmed to The Post on Monday.
Fetterman (D-Pa.) was with his wife Gisele at the time of the Sunday morning accident on the westbound side of Interstate 70.
“John and Gisele were involved in a car accident with another driver … [and] were evaluated at a local hospital,” the Fetterman rep said in a statement. “John was treated for a bruised shoulder and they were discharged that afternoon. They are doing well and happy to be back in Braddock [Pa.].”
Fetterman was with his wife at the time of the crash. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
Fetterman was treated for a bruised shoulder. REUTERSIn a separate statement, Maryland State Police said the crash “happened shortly before 8 a.m.,” with Fetterman, 54, behind the wheel when his Chevrolet Traverse hit the other car “for unknown reasons.”
“No citations were issued,” the MSP statement added. “The crash investigation remains active and ongoing.”
Fetterman, his wife and the driver of the other car were all evaluated at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, WV, just over the border where the accident took place in western Maryland.
The Democrat has suffered from several health issues in recent years, including a stroke in May of 2022 while he was Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor and running for Senate.
The passenger of the other car was also taken to the hospital. AFP via Getty ImagesAfter that scare, doctors installed a pacemaker and a defibrillator in his chest.
The 6-foot-8 senator also checked himself into Walter Reed Hospital for over a month in early 2023 for treatment of clinical depression.
The Pennsylvania Democrat has made waves in recent months due to his vocal support of Israel in its war against Hamas – a position that is not harbored by many in his party.
In an interview with Bill Maher on Friday, Fetterman said his near-fatal stroke emboldened him to speak his mind.
“There’s a line from the first ‘Batman’ [where] Joker’s like ‘I’ve been dead once already. It’s very liberating,'” the senator said.
“It’s freeing in a way,” he added. “And I just think after beating all of that, I just really [want to] be able to say the things that I have to really believe in and not be afraid of if there’s any kind of blowback.”
