{"id":108283,"date":"2024-12-24T00:03:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T00:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/nebraska-governor-recovering-from-serious-injuries-after-being-bucked-off-a-horse\/"},"modified":"2024-12-24T00:03:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T00:03:39","slug":"nebraska-governor-recovering-from-serious-injuries-after-being-bucked-off-a-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/nebraska-governor-recovering-from-serious-injuries-after-being-bucked-off-a-horse\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska governor recovering from serious injuries after being bucked off a horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-12-23\/News_JimPillen_122324.png\" alt><figcaption>Tom Williams\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">(NEBRASKA) &#8212; Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is recovering from serious but non-life-threatening injuries after being bucked off a horse, his office said Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The incident happened when the Republican leader was riding on horseback with family members near Columbus on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The governor was thrown from a new horse, his office said. His injuries included &#8220;minor lacerations to his spleen and kidney, seven broken ribs, a partially collapsed lung resulting from the rib damage, and a minor fracture in one of his vertebrae,&#8221; his office\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/governor.nebraska.gov\/supplemental-update-regarding-gov-jim-pillens-condition-and-recovery-following-horseback-riding\"><span class=\"s1\">said in an update<\/span><\/a>\u00a0on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;In summary, the Governor&#8217;s injuries were serious but not life-threatening and could have been much worse,&#8221; the statement added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Pillen, 68, was initially transported to Columbus Community Hospital before being sent to the University of Nebraska Medical Center\u00a0in Omaha &#8220;out of an abundance of caution,&#8221; his office previously said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The governor is expected to remain in the hospital for a few days for observation and plans to work from his hospital room, his office said Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;The Governor looks forward to returning to his office soon after Christmas and wishes a blessed and safe holiday to all Nebraskans,&#8221; his office said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Pillen, who played football at the University of Nebraska under legendary coach and former Rep. Tom Osborne, took office in January 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>ABC News&#8217; Darren Reynolds and Sasha Pezenik contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Williams\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (NEBRASKA) &#8212; Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is recovering from serious but non-life-threatening injuries after being bucked off a horse, his office said Monday. The incident happened when the Republican leader was riding on horseback with family members near Columbus on Sunday. The governor<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/nebraska-governor-recovering-from-serious-injuries-after-being-bucked-off-a-horse\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108283"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}