A teenager has been identified as the person involved in the car crash that injured Rudy Giuliani in New Hampshire, and he is expected to remain in hospital for a few days.
Lauren Kemp, 19, from Concord, was driving the Honda HR-V that struck the rear end of the 81-year-old former New York City mayor’s Ford Bronco on Saturday night.
Giuliani will need to wear a neck brace after fracturing his vertebrae and suffering multiple lacerations after his rental car was struck from behind, according to his spokesman Michael Ragusa.
The former mayor sustained injuries on his left arm and lower leg. His car was being driven by another spokesman of Giuliani’s, Theodore Goodman.
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 in the crash that was ‘entirely unrelated’ to the domestic violence incident.
Ragusa said Giuliani was transferred to a nearby trauma center, and he is expected to remain in hospital for a few days.
‘Mayor Giuliani is in great spirits following the incident. He is fully alert and conscious, and his medical team is pleased with his progress,’ Ragusa told the Daily Mail.
Giuliani will remain in the Manchester-area hospital for a few more days. His spokesman noted he will wear a brace for the broken vertebrae following his release.
‘The Mayor is eager to return to his work and looks forward to getting back to business in just a few days.’
The spokesman added: ‘He and his family are grateful for the outpouring of prayers and support, and he asks everyone to continue respecting his privacy as he focuses on recovery.’
Giuliani’s son also thanked people for their prayers in the aftermath of the crash.
‘Thank you to all the people that have reached out since learning the news about my Father. Your prayers mean the world,’ Andrew Giuliani wrote on X.
‘As a son, I can tell you I’m honored to have a Dad that I can call the toughest SOB I’ve ever seen!’
New Hampshire State Police said they are investigating the crash, and no charges have been filed.
Giuliani has a political career that spans over four decades in the New York City.
He gained fame in the 1980s as a federal prosecutor after he successfully put the top mafia bosses of New York in prison for RICO charges.
Giuliani was later elected mayor in 1994 and helped lead the city through the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.
After leaving the mayor’s office in 2001, Giuliani became a personal attorney for President Donald Trump during his first term.
He was 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 $148 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 winter 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 rings, in exchange for unspecified compensation and a promise to stop speaking ill of the ex-election workers.
Giuliani is rumored to be dating nurse-practitioner Maria Ryan, 59, who was seen wearing a huge engagement ring in 2023.