Kerry back in U.S. after breaking his leg

June 02, 2015 10:42 am | Updated November 16, 2021 05:03 pm IST - WASHINGTON

An ambulance transporting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston.

An ambulance transporting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived back in the United States on Monday aboard a special military flight from Europe after breaking his leg in a cycling accident.

After landing at Boston's Logan airport at 8:50 p.m. EDT (0050 GMT Tuesday), Mr. Kerry headed to Massachusetts General Hospital in that city for further treatment, State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement.

Mr. Kerry broke his right femur on Sunday while cycling a portion of the Tour de France route in the Haute Savoie region. He spent the night in a Geneva hospital under observation while his return to the United States was planned.

Mr. Kerry had been in Geneva for negotiations on Saturday with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and after the accident has had to cancel planned visits to Madrid and Paris.

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